Clock | Mean of clock in English Dictionary

/ˈklɑːk/

• Noun
• a device that shows what time it is and that is usually placed in a room or attached to a wall
1. She looked/glanced at the clock on the wall. It was now 2:30.
2. the hands/face of the clock
3. a digital clock
4. a clock tower [=a tower with a clock on at least one of its sides]
5. a clock face
• a clock that is used in sports and that shows how much time remains for a particular part of a game
1. They were winning by 2 points with 10 seconds (left) on the clock.
2. They stopped the (game) clock with eight seconds remaining.
3. We kept moving the ball to try to eat up the clock.
4. If we can run out the clock, we can keep our lead and win.
• a device that shows how far a vehicle has traveled
1. a car with 100,000 miles on the clock

• in order to do or finish something before a particular time
1. On our last project, we were working/racing against the clock.
2. It was a race against the clock to finish the job on time.
• throughout the entire day and night
1. Our stores are now open around the clock. [=our stores are open 24 hours a day]
2. Reporters worked around the clock to cover the story.
• to do or finish something quickly before a particular time
1. In a desperate attempt to beat the clock, I raced to mail my tax return before midnight.
• to return to a condition that existed in the past
1. This new decision has effectively turned back the clock on 20 years of progress.
2. I wish that we could turn back the clock and start all over again.
• Verb
• to measure the amount of time it takes for (a person) to do something or for (something) to be completed
1. She clocked [=timed] her first mile at 5 minutes and 20 seconds.
2. He clocked me at 30 seconds.
• to finish a race in (an amount of time)
1. He clocked 3 hours and 15 minutes in his last marathon.
• to measure or show (the speed of something) with a measuring device
1. His fastest pitch was clocked at 91 miles per hour.
2. The cop said she clocked me going 95 miles per hour.
• to have a particular speed or to continue for a particular amount of time
1. The movie clocked in at just under three hours. [=the movie was almost three hours long]
• to hit (someone or something) very hard
1. I was so angry I wanted to clock him.
• to look at or notice (someone or something)
1. Just clock [=get a load of] that new motor of his.
• to record on a special card the time that you start working
1. What time did you clock on?
2. I clocked in [=(US) punched in] 10 minutes late.
• to record on a special card the time that you stop working
1. What time did you clock off yesterday?
2. I clocked off [=(US) punched out] 10 minutes late.
• to gain or reach (a particular number or amount)
1. Our company clocked up a record number of sales this year.