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    [Noun]  | "clock" | \ ˈkläk \


    1: a device other than a watch for indicating or measuring time commonly by means of hands moving on a dial; broadly : any periodic system by which time is measured

    2: a registering device usually with a dial; specifically : odometer

    3: time clock

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English clok, from Middle Dutch clocke bell, clock, from Old French or Medieval Latin; Old French dialect (Picard) cloque bell, from Medieval Latin clocca, of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish clocc bell;

    [Noun]  | "clock" 


    1: an ornamental figure on the ankle or side of a stocking or sock

    Origin: 1530 ;

     Perhaps from {see: |clock:1|clock:1};

    [Noun]  | "alarm clock" 


    1: a clock that can be set to sound an alarm at a desired time

    Origin: 1662 ;

    [Noun]  | "atomic clock" 


    1: a precision clock that depends for its operation on an electrical oscillator regulated by the natural vibration frequencies of an atomic system (such as a beam of cesium atoms)

    Origin: 1924 ;

    [Noun]  | "banjo clock" 


    1: a pendulum clock whose shape suggests a banjo

    Origin: 1898 ;

    [Noun]  | "biological clock" 


    1: an inherent timing mechanism in a living system that is inferred to exist in order to explain the timing or periodicity of various behaviors and physiological states and processes

    Origin: 1941 ;

    [Noun]  | "body clock" 


    1: the internal mechanisms that schedule periodic bodily functions and activities —usually not used technically

    Origin: 1916 ;

    [Noun]  | "cuckoo clock" 


    1: a wall or shelf clock that announces the hours by sounds resembling a cuckoo's call

    Origin: 1789 ;

    [Verb]  | "clock" 


    1: to time with a stopwatch or by an electric timing device

    2: to be timed at

    3: to register on a mechanical recording device

    Origin: 1883 ;

    [Verb]  | "clean" 


    1: to make clean: such as

    2: to rid of dirt, impurities, or extraneous matter

    3: to rid of corruption

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English clenen "to clear of weeds," derivative of clene {see: |clean:1|clean:1};

    [Noun]  | "clocks" 


    1: a device to measure time;


      * e.g., " ... the clock reads 5:00 p.m. "



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    [Noun]  | "clock" 


    1: a device to measure time;


      * e.g., " ... the clock reads 5:00 p.m. "



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    [Noun]  | "alarm clocks" 


    1: as in atomic clocks, time clocks;


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    [Noun]  | "atomic clocks" 


    1: as in alarm clocks, time clocks;


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    [Noun]  | "cuckoo clocks" 


    1: as in alarm clocks, atomic clocks;


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    [Verb]  | "clocks" 


    1: to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner;


      * e.g., " ... sick of being insulted, he swung around and clocked his tormentor hard enough to knock him off his bar stool "



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    [Verb]  | "clock" 


    1: to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner;


      * e.g., " ... sick of being insulted, he swung around and clocked his tormentor hard enough to knock him off his bar stool "



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    [Verb]  | "clock (up)" 


    1: to obtain (as a goal) through effort;


      * e.g., " ... among British actors he holds the distinction of having clocked up the most performances of Hamlet on the London stage "



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    [Verb]  | "clocks (in)" 


    [Verb]  | "clocks (out)" 


    1: as in checks out;



     [ "Clocked" ]

    1: Predominantly used in London.

      * e.g.,  ... ) Shit! he clocked that i stole his phone. 

     [ "Clocked" ]

    2: To 'clock' is: to realise, to catch on, to notice.

      * e.g.,  ... ) She clocked that something was wrong. 

     [ "clock" ]

    1: used in gay vernacular especially among drag queens to call out someone's flaws, to uncover or reveal the truth in a situation or one's true gender

      * e.g.,  ... I saw through her! She was a fake! And I clocked it! I am Nurse Clock-a-bitch! 

     [ "On the clock" ]

    1: "On the clock" refers to when one is getting paid by the hour and any setbacks are viewed in a positive light, because the longer the job takes the more you get paid.

      * e.g.,  ... Ryan: "dammit, we've hit every single red light on the way!" Kevin: "don't worry about it chief, we're on the clock!" Ryan: "nuff said." 

     [ "clock" ]

    1: 1) To regard an act or object.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) You clockin' that hot AMG? 

     [ "clock" ]

    2: 2) The act of hitting a person.

      * e.g.,  ... 2) Try to steal my AMG, I'll clock you. 

     [ "clock" ]

    3: 3) A gauge, such as a speedometer.

      * e.g.,  ... 3) These new 340 km/h AMG clocks rule! 

     [ "clock" ]

    4: 4) To gauge, to estimate, to time.

      * e.g.,  ... 4) Cop clocked me at 340 in my AMG! 

     [ "clocked" ]

    1: Observed, recorded, noted. Possibly related to determining the speed of a car by using a stopwatch to time its travel between two fixed points, such as "He was clocked doing 60 in a 45 zone".

      * e.g.,  ... "Hey that guy keeps eyeballing your iPod." "Yeah, I already clocked him." 

     [ "clocked" ]

    1: Beaten, bashed, punished. To hit someone.

      * e.g.,  ... "Shut the fuck up before I clock you." 

     [ "Clock" ]

    1: Scale for weighing drugs

      * e.g.,  ... "I don't think this is an O. You got a clock?" 

     [ "Clock" ]

    1: Hitting someone with a closed fist.

      * e.g.,  ... I clocked Valencia, for making a rude comment. 

     [ "Clock" ]

    2: Time telling device

      * e.g.,  ... That clock is 20 minutes fast. 

     [ "clocked on" ]

    1: Literally means 'realised' or 'understood', virtually always said after just - just clocked on (just realised)

      * e.g.,  ... Person A: "Oh, he was joking." Person B: "Yeah, I just clocked on." 

     [ "clocked" ]

    1: To get caught out, usually by feds (police)

      * e.g.,  ... oh shit, jarvis, drop that zoot, we bin clocked!!! 

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