clocks

/K L AA1 K S/

noun

1
An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece.
2
The odometer of a motor vehicle.
“This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock.”
3
An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
4
The seed head of a dandelion.
5
A time clock.
“I can't go off to lunch yet: I'm still on the clock.”
6
A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.

Synonyms

timepiece odometer

verb

1
To measure the duration of.
syn:time
2
To measure the speed of.
“He was clocked at 155 miles per hour.”
3
To hit (someone) heavily.
“When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him.”
syn:slug smack thump whack
4
To take notice of; to realise; to recognize someone or something
“A trans person may be able to easily clock other trans people.”
syn:check out scope out
5
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.”
syn:turn back (the vehicle's) clock wind back (the vehicle's) clock
6
To beat a video game.
“Have you clocked that game yet?”

Synonyms

check out scope out slug smack thump whack time turn back (the vehicle's) clock wind back (the vehicle's) clock

noun

1
A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.

verb

1
To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work.

noun

1
A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius).

verb

1
To make the sound of a hen; to cluck.
2
To hatch.

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