āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I have a digital clock on my bedside table that shows the time in numbers.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§āϰ āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāϞ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻā§ āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02
āĻāĻĄā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ, āĻŽāĻžāĻāϞāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ
the instrument that shows the speed or mileage of the vehicle
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I glanced at the clock to check if I was driving within the speed limit.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻŋ āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϞāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāύāĻž āϤāĻž āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻĄā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ-āĻ āϤāĻžāĻāĻžāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
to clock
01
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻž, āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāϰāĻž
to measure the passage of time
Transitive: to clock time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They clocked the hours they spent working on the project to ensure accurate billing.
āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻž, āĻāϤāĻŋ āϰā§āĻāϰā§āĻĄ āĻāϰāĻž
to measure or record the speed of something
Transitive: to clock speed of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The car clocked 100 kilometers per hour during the race.
āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āϰā§āϏā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ 100 āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āϰā§āĻāϰā§āĻĄ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻŋāύāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž, āĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to recognize or notice that someone is transgender
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
No one realized at first, but someone eventually clocked them.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĻŋ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻļā§āώ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻā§āĻ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāύāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
04
āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž
to notice, register, or recognize something
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Did you clock the mistake on the sign?
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻāύāĻŦā§āϰā§āĻĄā§āϰ āĻā§āϞāĻāĻŋ āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύ ?
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