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Verb
/kläk/,
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clocks, plural;
  1. Attain or register (a specified time, distance, or speed)
    • - Thomas has clocked up forty years service
    • - the book clocks in at 989 pages
  2. Achieve (a victory)
    • - he clocked up his first win of the year
  3. Record as attaining a specified time or rate
    • - the tower operators clocked a gust of 185 mph
  4. Hit (someone), esp. on the head
    • - someone clocked him for no good reason
Noun
  1. An ornamental pattern woven or embroidered on the side of a stocking or sock near the ankle

  1. redstem storksbill: European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
  2. (clock) a timepiece that shows the time of day
  3. (clock) 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"
  4. Clocks formed in Epsom & Ewell (just outside London) in 2000. After deciding in 2005 to take music seriously, they spent their university vacations gigging and recording. ...
  5. "Clocks" is a song by English alternative rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head. Built around a repeating piano riff, the song features cryptic lyrics of contrast and urgency themes. ...
  6. The Clocks is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on November 7, 1963Chris Peers, Ralph Spurrier and Jamie Sturgeon. Collins Crime Club – A checklist of First Editions. ...
  7. A clock is an instrument used to indicate, keep, and co-ordinate time. The word clock is derived ultimately (via Dutch, Northern French, and Medieval Latin) from the Celtic words clagan and clocca meaning "bell". ...
  8. (Clock (band)) Clock is a band featuring Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell and P.J. Smith, who sang backing vocals on Def Leppard's cover of the Sweet song "Action" on Def Leppard's Retro Active album.
  9. (Clock (cryptology)) In cryptography, the clock was a method devised by Polish mathematician-cryptologist Jerzy Różycki, at the Polish General Staff's Cipher Bureau, to facilitate decrypting German Enigma ciphers.
  10. (clock) An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece; The odometer of a motor vehicle; An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules; To measure the duration of; To measure the speed of; To hit ( ...
  11. (CLOCK) The dartboard itself, usually in the context of “ROUND THE CLOCK”.
  12. (Clock) A steady pulse from a generator which is used for synchronizing sequencers, drum machines, etc. Common sequencer timing clock rates are 24, 48, or 96 pulses-per-quarter note. MIDI timing clocks run at a rate of 24 ppqn. The EIII clock runs at 96 ppqn.
  13. (clock) A repetitive signaling device used to control a synchronous computer.
  14. (Clock) When the skier starts their run they push a bar that moves straight out and out of the skier's way, kind of like a turnstile, and when this bar is touched it triggers the clock to start timing the run. Pretty cool.
  15. (clock) to keep track of someone's movements and activities.
  16. (Clock) Paired clocks used in all official tournaments and in club games. After a player moves, he depresses a lever that stops his clock and starts his opponent's. Each clock, therefore, registers only the elapsed time for one player. ...
  17. (Clock) A device or instrument for maintaining and displaying time.
  18. (Clock) A term for the source(s) of timing signals used in synchronous transmission.
  19. (clock) An instrument for measuring time.
  20. (clock) 1) A timing device that generates the basic periodic signal used to control the timing of all operations in a computer. 2) A device that records the progress of real time, or some approximate of it, and whose contents are available to a computer program.
  21. (clock) The source of a computer's timing signals. It synchronizes every operation of the CPU.
  22. (C: CLOCK) Calendar time symbol; Crescent moon shape. (100 moons equals about 8 years)
  23. (CLOCK) Restrictions you put on yourself in terms of duty and timing: meeting a deadline, managing time more effectively, taking action before time runs out, dealing with something that is long overdue, or that it's time for a change / Boredom; a sense that you are merely 'passing time' or ' ...
  24. (CLOCK) Steam gauge. (See wiping the clock; don't confuse with Dutch clock). Also fare register
  25. (CLOCK) Suboperand used with the CROSS operand for the Cross-System Work Extract; identifies a user clock field to include in the extract data set. Requires OWNER, NUMBER, and HEADER to be specified. ...