clock

clock

clock¹ [kläk]

n.

[ME clokke, orig., clock with bells < ML clocca, bell < Celt, as in OIr cloc (> OE clugge, OHG glocka), bell < ? IE base * kel-, to cry out, sound > CLAMOR]

1. a device used for measuring and indicating time, usually by means of pointers moving over a dial: clocks, unlike watches, are not meant to be worn or carried about

☆ 2. TIME CLOCK

3. a measuring or recording device suggestive of a clock, as a taximeter

vt.

1. to measure the speed or record the time of (a race, runner, motorist, etc.) with a stopwatch or other timing device

2. to measure (work done, distance covered, etc.) with a registering device

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around the clock

day and night without stopping

clock² [kläk]

n.

[< ? CLOCK¹, because of orig. bell shape]

a woven or embroidered ornament on the side of a sock or stocking, going up from the ankle

clocked

adj.