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clock
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Meanings
noun
  • a mechanical or electrical device for measuring time, indicating hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds by hands on a round dial or by displayed figures.
    E.g. the church clock struck four
  • a downy spherical seed head, especially that of a dandelion.
  • a person's face.
    E.g. I thought I recognized your clock
verb
  • attain or register (a specified time, distance, or speed).
    E.g. I clocked nearly nine hours of uninterrupted sleep
  • notice or watch.
    E.g. I noticed him clocking her in the mirror
  • hit (someone), especially on the head.
    E.g. someone clocked him for no good reason
  • wind back the milometer of (a car) illegally in order to make the vehicle appear to have travelled fewer miles than it really has.
    E.g. beware of motorists who clock their car before selling it
noun
  • an ornamental pattern woven or embroidered on the side of a stocking or sock near the ankle.

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