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clock

The correct spelling is clock.

How to pronounce clock

/klɒk/
noun

IPA: /klɒk/

Say it like: Clo-k

The correct spelling is clock. An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece. For example: "This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock."

Usage Examples

This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock.

I can't go off to lunch yet: I'm still on the clock.

He was clocked at 155 miles per hour.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece.
  2. 2.The odometer of a motor vehicle.
  3. 3.An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
  4. 4.The seed head of a dandelion.
  5. 5.A time clock.

verb

  1. 1.To measure the duration of.
  2. 2.To measure the speed of.
  3. 3.To hit (someone) heavily.
  4. 4.To take notice of; to realise; to recognize someone or something
  5. 5.To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.

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