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      clock
      noun
      A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
      (attributive) A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.
      A time clock.
      (electronics) An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
      (slang) A face; the head.
      (British) The odometer of a motor vehicle.
      The seed head of a dandelion.
      A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.
      A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius).
      (computing, informal) A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.
      (uncountable) A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.
      A surname.
      (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A watch (timepiece).
      verb
      (transitive) To measure the duration of.
      (transitive) To measure the speed of.
      (transitive, informal) To notice; to take notice of (someone or something).
      (transitive, informal, with as) To recognize; to assess, register.
      (transitive, informal) To identify (someone) as having some attribute (for example, being trans or gay).
      (British, slang) To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
      (transitive, British, New Zealand, Australia, slang) To beat a video game.
      (ambitransitive, chiefly African-American Vernacular and LGBTQ slang) To expose or attack someone, typically in a targeted and insulting manner.
      (transitive) To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work.
      (transitive, slang) To hit (someone) heavily.
      (Scotland, intransitive, dated) To make the sound of a hen; to cluck.
      (Scotland, intransitive, dated) To hatch.
      Roots
      cloccaclock- · Latin · bell
      Synonyms for clock
      horologentimepiecenhorologiumtimernchronometerntimekeeperntimentickern
      Words related to clock
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