clock

clock
clock1
noun
1》 an instrument that measures and indicates the time by means of a dial or a digital display.
    ↘informal a measuring device resembling a clock, such as a speedometer.
2》 (also dandelion clock) Brit. the downy spherical seed head of a dandelion. [from the child's game of blowing away the seeds to find out what time it is.]
3》 Brit. informal a person's face.
verb
1》 attain or register (a specified time, distance, or speed).
    ↘achieve (a victory): he clocked up his first win of the year.
2》 (clock in/out or Brit. on/off) register one's arrival at or departure from work by means of an automatic recording clock.
3》 Brit. informal notice or watch.
4》 informal, chiefly Brit. hit on the head.
5》 Brit. informal illegally wind back the milometer of (a car).
Phrases
round (or around) the clock all day and all night.
turn (or put) back the clock return to the past or to a previous way of doing things.
Derivatives
clocker noun
Origin
ME: from Mid. Low Ger. and MDu. klocke, based on med. L. clocca 'bell'.
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clock2
noun an ornamental pattern woven or embroidered on the side of a stocking or sock near the ankle.
Origin
C16: of unknown origin.

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