clock
clock
klɑk
klaak
/klɑk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "clock"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϘāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϘāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ

a device used to measure and show time
clock definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I have a digital clock on my bedside table that shows the time in numbers.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻŋāϟāĻžāϞ āϘāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ“āĻĄā§‹āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžāϰ, āĻŽāĻžāχāϞāĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžāϰ

the instrument that shows the speed or mileage of the vehicle
Dialectbritish flagBritish
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I glanced at the clock to check if I was driving within the speed limit.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻž āϤāĻž āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻĄā§‹āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžāϰ-āĻ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻž, āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to measure the passage of time
Transitive: to clock time
to clock definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They clocked the hours they spent working on the project to ensure accurate billing.
āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻ‚ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻž, āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to measure or record the speed of something
Transitive: to clock speed of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The car clocked 100 kilometers per hour during the race.
āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϰ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ 100 āĻ•āĻŋāϞ⧋āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϚāĻŋāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž, āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to recognize or notice that someone is transgender
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
No one realized at first, but someone eventually clocked them.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āϕ⧇āω āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϕ⧇āω āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϚāĻŋāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž

to notice, register, or recognize something
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Did you clock the mistake on the sign?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϏāĻžāχāύāĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āϭ⧁āϞāϟāĻŋ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ ?
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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