CLOCK
Dictionary entry overview: What does clock mean?
• CLOCK (noun)
The noun CLOCK has 1 sense:
1. a timepiece that shows the time of day
Familiarity information: CLOCK used as a noun is very rare.
• CLOCK (verb)
The verb CLOCK has 1 sense:
1. measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
Familiarity information: CLOCK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CLOCK (noun)
Meaning:
A timepiece that shows the time of day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("clock" is a kind of...):
horologe; timekeeper; timepiece (a measuring instrument or device for keeping time)
Meronyms (parts of "clock"):
clock dial; clock face (the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day)
fusee; fusee drive (a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring)
movement (the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clock"):
alarm; alarm clock (a clock that wakes sleeper at preset time)
clepsydra; water clock; water glass (clock that measures time by the escape of water)
wall clock (a clock mounted on a wall)
turret clock (a clock with more than one dial to show the time in all directions from a tower)
time clock (clock used to record the hours that people work)
system clock (a time-of-day clock in a computer system)
pendulum clock (a clock regulated by a pendulum)
electric clock (a clock using a small electric motor)
digital clock (a clock that displays the time of day digitally)
cuckoo clock (clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo)
chronometer (an accurate clock (especially used in navigation))
analog clock (a clock that displays the time of day by the position of hands on a dial)
Instance hyponyms:
Big Ben (clock in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, London)
• CLOCK (verb)
Meaning:
Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
clock; time
Context example:
he clocked the runners
Hypernyms (to "clock" is one way to...):
measure; quantify (express as a number or measure or quantity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clock"):
mistime (time incorrectly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
