clock

¹clock

noun, often attributive \ˈkläk\

Definition of CLOCK

1

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

2

: a registering device usually with a dialect; specifically : odometer

3

: time clock

4

: a synchronizing device (as in a computer) that produces pulses at regular intervals

5

: biological clock

— against the clock

1

: with or within a time constraint <working against the clock>

2

: with clocked speed rather than the order of finish as the criterion for placement <trial races against the clock>

— around the clock also round the clock

1

: continuously for 24 hours : day and night without cessation

2

: without relaxation and heedless of time

— kill the clock or run out the clock

: to use up as much as possible of the playing time remaining in a game (as football) while retaining possession of the ball or puck especially to protect a lead

Origin of CLOCK

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

First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with CLOCK

bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, cock, croc, crock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, grok, hock, jock, knock, lakh, loch, lock, Locke, lough, moc, mock, nock, pock, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock, wok