[
US
/ˈkɫɑk/
]
[ UK /klˈɒk/ ]
[ UK /klˈɒk/ ]
NOUN
- a timepiece that shows the time of day
VERB
-
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
How To Use clock In A Sentence
- I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight, and settled down for a couple of hours sleep.
- I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight, and settled down for a couple of hours sleep.
- She was so tired she came home and conked out at eight o'clock.
- From that moment, he anchors his existence in the hopeless need to share an affective contiguity with this random female acquaintance by changing the time of every clock and watch he encounters to Paris time.
- On April 4th at about 4 o'clock in the evening, the Dupleix anchored in Pondicherry harbour. Aurchlives, Aehton, and April flower
- All of a sudden St. Philip's ten bells start tanging - one oclock already - and at once the workshops and factories around the yard begin disgorging throngs of workers on their way to lunch
- Your clock has a floating balance mechanism.
- About 7 o'clock tonight, we had a whopping great thunderstorm with accompanying light show, and the flipping garage got flooded again!
- Lisa called Malone at seven o'clock next morning, right on time; when she named a time, one could set the GPO clock by her. MURDER SONG
- The clock stands on an oval marble base, enclosed by a glass dome.