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noun

ˈkläk

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as in timer

a device to measure time the clock reads 5:00 p.m.

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verb

as in to knock

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner sick of being insulted, he swung around and clocked his tormentor hard enough to knock him off his bar stool

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Noun

Genes that lost rhythmicity included those involved in various components of the molecular clock and those linked to sleep duration. —

Mackenzie Gamble, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025 Additional pool expenses in the Operating Capital list, all slated for 2025-2026, include: $12,900 for a diving scoring system; $2,150 or a pace clock; and $28,925 for a new scoreboard. —

Brent Schacherer, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025

Verb

Women have clocked in a decade of career work or more and have modern relationships with their partners, right? —

Sugey Palomares, Parents, 11 Feb. 2025 Eight people were in a Nissan Maxima when Antonio Wilcox Jr., 25, driving a black Kia Sorento clocked at 99 mph, smashed into them from behind, jettisoning their car into a Cadillac Escalade, Miami Gardens Police said. —

Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for clock

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So set a timer or use an app such as Pomodoro or Focus To-Do, which reminds you to pause after 55 minutes of work, Qualtieri told Health.

— Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 12 Feb. 2025
More than half of the nominees (eight, to be exact) are first timers on the ballot: Bad Company, the Black Crowes, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Billy Idol, Maná, Outkast and Phish.

— Joe Lynch, Billboard, 12 Feb. 2025