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Definition of clock verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

clock

verb

NAmE//klɑk//

Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they clock

he / she / it clocks

past simple clocked

-ing form clocking

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1clock something to reach a particular time or speed He clocked 10.09 seconds in the 100 meters final.

2to measure the speed at which someone or something is traveling clock somebody doing something The police clocked her doing over 100 miles an hour. clock somebody/something (at something) Wind gusts at 80 m.p.h. were clocked at Rapid City.

3clock somebody (informal) to hit someone, especially on the head Someone clocked him for no good reason.

Phrasal Verbsclock in clock out clock up

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clock noun
clock in phrasal verb
clock up phrasal verb
clock out phrasal verb
o'clock adverb
body clock noun
time clock noun
alarm clock noun
atomic clock noun
clock radio noun
clock speed noun
clock tower noun
cuckoo clock noun
water clock noun
carriage clock noun
clock-watcher noun
biological clock noun
grandfather clock noun
grandmother clock noun
24-hour clock noun

Phrasal verbs

clock in phrasal verb
clock up phrasal verb
clock out phrasal verb

Idioms

beat the clock
stop the clock
watch the clock
against the clock
around the clock
put/turn/set the clock back
a race against time/the clock
run down/run out/kill the clock

Nearby words

cloche noun
clock noun
clock verb
clock in phrasal verb
clock out phrasal verb