Clock

Definition: Clock

Clock

Noun

1. A timepiece that shows the time of day.

Verb

1. Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "clock" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Clock \Clock\, noun. [Anglo-Saxon clucge bell; akin to Dutch klok clock, bell, German glocke, Danish klokke, Swedish klocka, Icelandic klukka bell, Late Latin clocca, cloca (whence French cloche); al perhaps of Celtic origin; compare to Irish & Gaelic clog bell, clock, Welsh cloch bell. Compare to Cloak.]. (references)

Satire

Computing

Dream Interpretation

Electrical Engineering

Literature

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Clock

Instantaneity

Clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio; watch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch; atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock; chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph; repeater; timekeeper, timepiece; dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra; ghurry.

Measurement

Bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer, pantometer, pluviometer, pneumatometer, pneumometer, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer, telemeter, udometer, vacuometer, variometer, viameter, thermometer, thermistor (heat), barometer (air), anemometer (wind), dynamometer, goniometer (angle) meter; landmark; (limit); balance, scale; (weight); marigraph, pneumatograph, stethograph; rain gauge, rain gage; voltmeter(volts), ammeter(amps); spectrophotometer (light absorbance); mass spectrophotometer(molecular mass); geiger counter, scintillation counter(radioactivity); pycnometer (liquid density); graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume); radar gun (velocity); radar (distance); side-looking radar (shape, topography); sonar (depth in water); light meter (light intensity); clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time); anemometer (wind velocity); densitometer (color intensity).

Time

Phrase: time flies, tempus fugit; time runs out, time runs against, race against time, racing the clock, time marches on, time is of the essence, "time and tide wait for no man".

Crosswords: Clock

Got a team of monkeys working around the clock on this (The Usual Suspects; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie.)

In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. (The Third Man; writing credit: Graham Greene; Alexander Korda)

The clock on that 9-foot nuclear weapon is ticking (Armageddon; writing credit: J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Hensleigh)

I'm am not gonna die hanging from a clock. Oh look, I can see our hotel from here (Shanghai Knights; writing credit: Alfred Gough; Miles Millar)

Did you clock the geezer with the gold Hampsteads (Minder on the Orient Express; writing credit: Andrew Payne)

Time is like a clock in my heart (Time (Clock Of The Heart); performing artist: Culture Club)

And they clock me and watch me (California Love; performing artist: 2 PAC)

Gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight ("Rock Around the Clock"; performing artist: Bill Haley & the Comets)

All around the Limbo clock (Limbo Rock/Hand Jive; performing artist: Brave Combo)

I'm punchin' that clock on the wall (If I Could Make A Living; performing artist: Clay Walker)

Steals Clock, Faces Time (references; author: unknown)

Being right is highly overrated. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. (references; author: unknown)

You may not be able to turn back the clock, but you can always wind it up again. (references; author: unknown)

Beat the Clock (1969)

Fix That Clock (1964)

Twist Around the Clock (1961)

When the Clock Strikes (1961)

Rock Around the Clock (1956)

Syncopated Clock, The (performing artist: Percy and his orchestra Faith)

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References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Clocks, Clock Movements, and Clock Parts in Latin America (reference)

• The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Clock Radio Alarms: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference)

• The 2002 World Forecasts of Clocks, Clock Movements, and Clock Parts Export Supplies (reference)

• The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Watch, Clock, Jewelry, & Furniture Repair & Reupholstery: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference)

• The 2002 World Market Forecasts for Imported Clocks, Clock Movements, and Clock Parts (reference)

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Books

• Barbie What Time Is It?: A First Clock Book (Barbie) (reference)

• Fit and Fabulous After 40: A 5-Part Program for Turning Back the Clock (reference)

• While the Clock Ticked (His Hardy Boys Mystery Stories) (reference)

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Periodicals

• Five O Clock News (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• The Clock (reference)

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Music

• Clock Strikes 12 in New York (reference)

• Clock Without Hands (reference)

• Sky Like a Broken Clock (reference)

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High Tech

• Hidden Camera Solutions WDCC-100 Wireless Desk Clock Camera in Black and White (reference)

• Clock Tower (reference)

• Timewolf Pack Employee Time Clock 2.0 100 Employees (reference)

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Consumer Goods

• BRAUN AB1A Quartz Travel Clock (Black) (reference)

• ADVANCE CLOCK CO. 6031 Desk Alarm Clock (Color: Blue) (reference)

• ADVANCE CLOCK CO. Model 6030 Desk Alarm Clock (reference)

• Voice Recording Picture Frame with Alarm Clock (reference)

• Oregon Scientific RM313PA/B ExactSet Fixed Projection Alarm Clock - Blue (reference)

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Fathometer style tide gauge Fathometer, clock, batteries, and wind generator to charge batteries Installation by party off of PATHFINDER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Squid fishing - not just a pastime but a passion in Rhode Island. Round-the- clock fishing. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Plate 3. Clement metallic thermometer - cross sectional schematic of the model at the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco. The model at the museum was constructed by Negretti and Zambra in 1912 after the original made in 1839 by Leander Clement, the clock maker of Rochefort. The thermometer functioned by comparing the expansion (or contraction) of two strips of different types of metal. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Piglets are one of the main subjects of ARS animal behaviorists. These scientists study behavior of pigs and cows 'round the clock with the goal of improving animal handling practices to reduce stress on animals and lower production costs. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Caption: Edison Punching the Time Clock at the West Orange Site; West Orange, NJ?; Unknown Date; {14.220/1} (jpg).

Näyttääkö Sokerikellosi Punaista? [Is your sugar clock on red?]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Chief Petty Officers study books on "Personnel Management", in the battleship's "Chief's Quarters", circa 1923-25. Note ornate cuckoo clock on the bulkhead in the background. Credit: NAVY.

"... gets a 'go' signal from USS Leyte flight deck 0fficer as she is launched for anti-submarine patrol during LANTPHIBEX. The specially-designed aircraft were kept flying around the clock during the overseas transit of the amphibious force, and combined with sonar-equipped helicopters and Navy blimps, provided effective protection against four marauding 'Enemy' subs." Quoted from the original caption, which was released by USS Leyte (CVS-32) under date of 1 November 1955. Credit: NAVY.

Grandmother's clock. Credit: Library of Congress.

To the clock. Credit: Library of Congress.

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In approaching this problem, we cannot turn the clock back to 1868 when the Amendment was adopted, or even to 1896 when Plessy v. Ferguson was written. (reference)

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The clock struck twelve as she passed through the hall

And we reached the top sometime between six and seven of the clock.

The quarter was so long, that he was more than once convinced he must have sunk into a doze unconsciously, and missed the clock.

In the end, it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness which starts to set in at about 2:55, when you know that you've had all the baths you can usefully have that day, that however hard you stare at any given paragraph in the papers you will never actually read it, or use the revolutionary new pruning technique it describes, and that as you stare at the clock the hands will move relentlessly on to four o'clock, and you will enter the long dark teatime of the soul

The clock struck three

It seemed to him that he stood in the midst of a great hall, dark and silent save for the ticking of a great clock.

[Clock strikes] Tell the clock there

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Health

When your kidneys were healthy, they worked around the clock to remove wastes from your blood. (references)

If you have persistent or chronic pain, take your pain medicine on a regular schedule (by the clock). (references)

The familiar visual pattern of a clock forms the basis of one experimental method of diagnosing Alzheimer's. (references)

Business

Other discount stores, such as Kim's Club also are instituting around the clock store hours in response to consumers demand. (references)

With its focus on the end-consumer, the water services supply chain is a cycle, to provide South Africans with round the clock access to clean, drinking water. (references)

The cellular industry continued its explosive growth over the last year. While the parastatal network operator Telkom struggled to install and maintain new land-line service, the two cellular operators, Vodacom (in which Telkom has a 50% equity share) and MTN, literally raced the clock to capture as many new users as possible before the SAG (South African Government) awarded a third cellular license. (references)

Children

Russia

According to a 1998 Human Rights Watch report, many children with disabilities in institutions are confined to beds around the clock or to rooms that are lit, heated, and furnished inadequately. (references)

Economic History

Pakistan

The FM-100 is Pakistan's first FM stereo music channel, available round the clock, in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore. (references)

Haiti

During the year 2000 the city of Jacmel saw the installation of a power plant operated by Hydro-Quebec that makes it the only city with round the clock power supply. (references)

Human Rights

Bulgaria

This is a change from earlier practice, when such a situation restarted the clock on the defendant's pretrial detention. (references)

Minorities

Germany

The synagogue, as well as all other synagogues and Jewish community buildings, remained under police protection around the clock since the incident. (references)

Travel

Panama

There are some hotel coffee shops that are open around the clock. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "clock": against the clock ♦ Alarm clock ♦ ammonia clock ♦ around the clock ♦ astronomical clock ♦ atomic clock ♦ Beat of a clock ♦ biological clock ♦ body clock ♦ buzzard clock ♦ caesium clock ♦ Calendar clock ♦ carriage clock ♦ cell cycle clock ♦ centralised clock interface ♦ centralized clock interface ♦ cesium atomic master clock ♦ clock auction ♦ clock card ♦ clock card with direct substraction recording ♦ clock dial ♦ clock face ♦ clock golf ♦ clock in ♦ clock native ♦ clock off ♦ clock on ♦ clock or watch ♦ clock out ♦ clock pendulum ♦ clock radio ♦ clock rate ♦ clock register ♦ clock relay ♦ clock speed ♦ clock time ♦ clock tower ♦ clock toy ♦ clock up ♦ clock watcher ♦ cuckoo clock ♦ digital clock ♦ Electric clock ♦ electrically wound clock ♦ Equation clock ♦ Flower clock ♦ grandfather clock ♦ grandfather's clock ♦ hand clock hand ♦ jack of the clock house ♦ job clock ♦ journeyman clock ♦ kitchen clock ♦ like clock ♦ longcase clock ♦ node clock ♦ pendulum clock ♦ polar clock ♦ Primary Atomic Reference Clock in Space ♦ punch clock ♦ put a clock fast ♦ put on the clock ♦ put the clock back ♦ put the clock forward ♦ quartz clock ♦ race against the clock ♦ racing the clock ♦ real time clock messages ♦ repeating clock ♦ round the clock ♦ SDH equipment clock ♦ set the clock ♦ shepherd's clock ♦ Ship's clock ♦ sidereal clock ♦ spacecraft clock time ♦ speaking clock ♦ start a clock ♦ stream clock ♦ striking clock ♦ synchronous digital hierarchy equipment clock ♦ system clock ♦ telltale clock ♦ the clock is losing time ♦ time clock ♦ to regulate a clock ♦ travel alarm clock ♦ turret clock ♦ vase clock ♦ wall clock ♦ wall clock time ♦ watch clock ♦ watch clock compass card etc ♦ Watchman's clock ♦ water clock ♦ wind up the clock. Additional references.

Beginning with "clock": clock-a-block, clock-beating, clock-candle, clock-case, clock-crowned, clock-doubled, clock-doubling, clock-face, clock-glass, clock-hand, clock-house, clock-it, clock-like, clock-maker, clock-makers, clock-making, clock-operated, clock-pulse, clock-radio, clock-rate, clock-shaped, clock-shifted, clock-shifting, clock-speed, clock-thieves, clock-to-output, clock-tower, clock-towered, clock-towers, clock-tripled, clock-tripler, clock-tripling, clock-type, clock-watcher, clock-watching, clock-work.

Ending with "clock": around-the-clock, o-clock, sun-clock, wall-clock, water-clock.

Afrikaans

wekker (alarm, alarm clock, alarmclock), vyfuur (five o' clock), twee-uur (two o' clock), drie-uur (three o' clock), agtuur (eight o' clock). (various references)

Albanian

orë (albanian nymph, fate, horologe, hour, ticker, time, timepiece, watch). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ساعة كبيرة, ‏ساعة صغيرة, ‏ساعة الحائط, ‏ساعة الدوام (time clock). (various references)

Asturian

reló. (various references)

Basque

erloju (watch). (various references)

Bemba

inkoloko. (various references)

Blackfoot

iihtáíksistsikomio'p. (various references)

Bulgarian 

часовник (horologe, ticker, tick-tack, timekeeper, timepiece, timer, watch), отбелязвам време, багет на чорап. (various references)

Cebuano

relo. (various references)

Chamorro

relós. (various references)

Chinese 

鐘表 , 鐘 (bell, time as measured in hours and minutes), 时钟 (clocks). (various references)

Cornish

clok. (various references)

Czech

hodiny (meter). (various references)

Danish

ur (watch). (various references)

Dutch

uurwerk (watch), klok (bell, watch). (various references)

Esperanto

horloĝo (watch). (various references)

Estonian

kell (watch). (various references)

Faeroese

klokka (watch). (various references)

Farsi 

سنجیدن باساعت . (various references)

Finnish

kello (bell, watch). (various references)

French

horloge (electronic clock), pendule. (various references)

Frisian

klokje. (various references)

German

Uhr (dial, hour, indicator, meter, o'clock, ticker, time, timepiece, watch), Taktgeber (clock register, time register, timer), Takt (bar, beat, clock pulse, foot, gating, grace, measure, meter, musical time, phase, savoir faire, stroke, tact, tactfulness, time). (various references)

Greek 

ρολόι (watch). (various references)

Hawaiian

orë (hour, o'clock, time, watch). (various references)

Hebrew 

שעון (ticker, timepiece, watch), אורלוגין (horologe, timepiece). (various references)

Hungarian

óra (class, hour, o'clock, o'clock/time, period, ticker, time, time-keeper, timepiece, watch). (various references)

Icelandic

úr (watch). (various references)

Indonesian

jam (hour, o'clock). (various references)

Inuktitut

siqirngujag. (various references)

Irish

clog (watch). (various references)

Italian

orologio (timepiece, watch). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

時計 (watch), クロス商い (chloromycetin, chromatography, chromium, chronicle, chrono, chronobiology, chronograph, chronometer, chronoscope, clomiphene, closet, crocus, Cro-Magnon, cropped pants, croquet, cross trade, crossing zone, Kronecker, Kronecker delta). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

クロック , とけい (penal servitude, watch). (various references)

Korean 

시계 (clocks). (various references)

Lombard

orelògg (watch). (various references)

Macedonian

casovnik. (various references)

Manx

cur da (allow expenses, append, beat up, belabour, contribute, enhance, etc, give over, hammer, hit, lash, pass over; article to trade, scold, thrash), clag (bell, blow ball). (various references)

Maori

karaka (clerk). (various references)

Maya

pisib-kiin. (various references)

Mohawk

kahwihsta'eks. (various references)

Norwegian

ur (watch). (various references)

Occitan

relòtge (watch), mòstra (watch). (various references)

Papago

tash (day, sun). (various references)

Papiamen

oloshi (watch). (various references)

Pig Latin

ockclay.(various references)

Polish

zegar (watch). (various references)

Portuguese

relógio (tableman, ticker, timekeeper, timepiece, watch, wrist-watch). (various references)

Provencal

relòtge. (various references)

Romanian

ceas (hour, moment, ticker, tick-tack, time, timepiece, watch). (various references)

Romany

sahàtsi. (various references)

Ruanda

isaha (hour). (various references)

Russian