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clock1 British & World English

a mechanical or electrical device for measuring time, indicating hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds by hands on a round dial or by displayed figures

clock2 British & World English

an ornamental pattern woven or embroidered on the side of a stocking or sock near the ankle

the clock in clock1 British & World English

time taken as a factor in an activity, especially in competitive sports

o'clock British & World English

used to specify the hour when telling the time

clock in or British on in clock1 British & World English

register one’s arrival at work by means of an automatic recording clock

clock out or British off in clock1 British & World English

register one’s departure from work by means of an automatic recording clock

alarm clock British & World English

a clock with a device that can be made to sound at the time set in advance, used to wake someone up

body clock British & World English

a person’s or animal’s biological clock

clock golf British & World English

a lawn game in which the players putt to a hole in the centre of a circle from successive points on its circumference

clock radio British & World English

a combined bedside radio and alarm clock, which can be set so that the radio will come on at the desired time

clock speed British & World English

the operating speed of a computer or its microprocessor, expressed in cycles per second (megahertz)

clock tower British & World English

a tower, typically forming part of a church or civic building, with a large clock at the top

clock-watch British & World English

(of an employee) be overly keen not to work more than one’s allotted hours

time clock British & World English

a clock with a device for recording employees' times of arrival and departure

water clock British & World English

a clock that used the flow of water to measure time

atomic clock British & World English

an extremely accurate type of clock which is regulated by the vibrations of an atomic or molecular system such as caesium or ammonia

bracket clock British & World English

a clock designed to stand on a wall bracket

caesium clock British & World English

an atomic clock that uses the vibrations of caesium atoms as a time standard

cuckoo clock British & World English

a clock that strikes the hour with a sound like a cuckoo’s call and typically has a mechanical cuckoo that emerges with each note

quartz clock British & World English

an electric clock in which the current is regulated and accuracy maintained by the regular vibrations of a quartz crystal

carriage clock British & World English

a portable clock in a rectangular case with a handle on top

dandelion clock British & World English

the downy spherical seed head of a dandelion

four-o'clock British & World English

a tropical American herbaceous plant with fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers that open late in the afternoon

internal clock British & World English

a person’s innate sense of time

longcase clock British & World English

another term for grandfather clock.

molecular clock British & World English

the average rate at which a species' genome accumulates mutations, used to measure their evolutionary divergence and in other calculations

sidereal clock British & World English

a clock measuring sidereal time in terms of 24 equal divisions of a sidereal day

speaking clock British & World English

a telephone service giving the correct time in recorded speech

beat the clock in beat British & World English

perform a task quickly or within a fixed time limit

biological clock British & World English

an innate mechanism that controls the physiological activities of an organism which change on a daily, seasonal, yearly, or other regular cycle

grandfather clock British & World English

a clock in a tall free-standing wooden case, driven by weights

grandmother clock British & World English

a clock similar to a grandfather clock but about two thirds the size

tabernacle clock British & World English

a small clock having a metal case in the form of a tower

punch the time clock in punch1 British & World English

(of an employee) clock in or out

turn or put back the clock in clock1 British & World English

return to the past or to a previous way of doing things

four o'clock plant British & World English

another term for marvel of Peru.

five o'clock shadow British & World English

a dark appearance on a man’s chin and face caused by the slight growth of beard that has occurred since he shaved in the morning

twenty-four-hour clock (also 24-hour clock) British & World English

a method of measuring the time based on the full twenty-four hours of the day, rather than dividing it into two groups of twelve hours

clockmaker British & World English

a person who makes and repairs clocks and watches

24-hour clock in twenty-four-hour clock (also 24-hour clock) British & World English

a method of measuring the time based on the full twenty-four hours of the day, rather than dividing it into two groups of twelve hours