clock
🇺🇸
/klɑːk/
🇬🇧
/klɒk/
noun
A1
A device that shows the time, often placed on a wall or desk.
The clock on the wall shows it's time for lunch.
R
A meter in a vehicle that counts the miles it has traveled.
The car's clock shows it has driven 20,000 miles.
verb
R
To achieve a specific time or speed.
He clocked a fast time in the race with his stopwatch.
R
To measure how fast someone or something is moving.
The radar clocked the car's speed using a digital clock display.
R
To see or recognize someone.
I clocked him near the old clock tower.
R
To hit someone, usually on the head.
He got angry and clocked the man standing by the clock.
R
To illegally change a vehicle's mileage meter to show fewer miles.
translation
A device that shows the time, often placed on a wall or desk.; A meter in a vehicle that counts the miles it has traveled.
To achieve a specific time or speed.; To measure how fast someone or something is moving.; To see or recognize someone.; To hit someone, usually on the head.; To illegally change a vehicle's mileage meter to show fewer miles.
Word Forms
Plural
clocks
Progressive
clocking
Past
clocked
Perfect
clocked
3rd Present
clocks