Clock
/klɒk/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:13 ptsWWF:16 pts5 letters
Definition of Clock
noun
- An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece.
- The odometer of a motor vehicle.
"This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock."
- An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
- The seed head of a dandelion.
- A time clock.
"I can't go off to lunch yet: I'm still on the clock."
verb
- To measure the duration of.
- To measure the speed of.
"He was clocked at 155 miles per hour."
- To hit (someone) heavily.
"When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him."
- To take notice of; to realise; to recognize someone or something
"A trans person may be able to easily clock other trans people."
- To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
"I don't believe that car has done only 40,000 miles. It's been clocked."
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SYNONYMS
timepieceodometercheck outscope outslugsmackthumpwhacktimeturn back (the vehicle's) clockwind back (the vehicle's) clock