- clock
- In.
1) to regulate, set; wind a clock
2) to advance a clock; or: to set, turn a clock ahead (by one hour)
3) to set, turn a clock back (by ten minutes)
4) an alarm; cuckoo; electric; grandfather; wall clock
5) a biological clock
6) a clock is fast; right; slow
7) a clock gains time; goes; keeps time; loses time; runs down; stops
8) a clock strikes the hour
9) (misc.) to watch the clock ('to wait impatiently for the end of the working day'); to work around the clock ('to work without rest'); the clock ran out ('the allotted time expired'); to stop the clock ('to suspend play in a game so that the clock stops running')
IIv. (D; tr.) ('to time') to clock at (he was clocked at a record speed)
* * *[klɒk]cuckooelectricgoesgrandfatherkeeps timeloses timeor: to setruns downstopsto stop the clock ('to suspend play in a game so that the clock stops running') .wall clockwind a clockthe clock ran out ('the allotted time expired')to work around the clock ('to work without rest')turn a clock ahead (by one hour)turn a clock back (by ten minutes)a biological clocka clock gains timea clock is fasta clock strikes the houran alarmto advance a clockto regulateto set(misc.) to watch the clock ('to wait impatiently for the end of the working day')(D;tr.) ('to time') to clockat (he was clocked at a record speed)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.