clock

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n.

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')

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v. (D; tr.) ('to time') to clock at (he was clocked at a record speed)

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cuckoo

electric

goes

grandfather

keeps time

loses time

or: to set

right

runs down

set

slow

stops

to stop the clock ('to suspend play in a game so that the clock stops running') .

wall clock

wind a clock

the 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 clock

a clock gains time

a clock is fast

a clock strikes the hour

an alarm

to advance a clock

to regulate

to 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)