Definitions for: Clock


[n] a timepiece that shows the time of day
[v] 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: Clock, n. [AS. clucge bell; akin to D. klok clock, bell,
G. glocke, Dan. klokke, Sw. klocka, Icel. klukka bell, LL.
clocca, cloca (whence F. cloche); al perh. of Celtic origin;
cf. Ir. & Gael. clog bell, clock, W. cloch bell. Cf.
Cloak.]
1. A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and
other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate.
Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is
often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of
a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to
be carried on the person.

2. A watch, esp. one that strikes. [Obs.] --Walton.

3. The striking of a clock. [Obs.] --Dryden.

4. A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a
stocking. --Swift.

Note: The phrases what o'clock? it is nine o'clock, etc., are
contracted from what of the clock? it is nine of the
clock, etc.

Alarm clock. See under Alarm.

Astronomical clock.
(a) A clock of superior construction, with a compensating
pendulum, etc., to measure time with great accuracy,
for use in astronomical observatories; -- called a
regulator when used by watchmakers as a standard for
regulating timepieces.
(b) A clock with mechanism for indicating certain
astronomical phenomena, as the phases of the moon,
position of the sun in the ecliptic, equation of time,
etc.

Electric clock.
(a) A clock moved or regulated by electricity or
electro-magnetism.
(b) A clock connected with an electro-magnetic recording
apparatus.

Ship's clock (Naut.), a clock arranged to strike from one
to eight strokes, at half hourly intervals, marking the
divisions of the ship's watches.

Sidereal clock, an astronomical clock regulated to keep
sidereal time.


Clock (kl[o^]k), v. t.
To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.


Clock, v. t. & i.
To call, as a hen. See Cluck. [R.]


Clock, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle ({Scarab[ae]us
stercorarius}).

Synonyms: time

See Also: alarm, alarm clock, Big Ben, chronometer, clepsydra, clock dial, clock face, cuckoo clock, electric clock, measure, mistime, movement, pendulum clock, quantify, system clock, time clock, timekeeper, timepiece, turret clock, wall clock, water clock, water glass

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