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[ noun ] a timepiece that shows the time of day
Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Although he never gets to play while the clock is running , he gets a big kick - several every Saturday , in_fact - out of football . (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)On the clock given him was the inscription , `` For Outstanding Contribution to Billiken_Basketball , 1960 - 61 '' . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)The clock which had struck presented an innocent face . And the loudest clock in the whole world '' ! The clock you heard strike - it 's really the town clock - was installed last April by Mrs._Shorter , on her birthday '' . |
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[ verb ] measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
Synonyms Examples "he clocked the runners" Used in print (The Horseman and Fair World, 84:46...)- The best 2 - year-old pacing mile up_to_date at Ben_White_Raceway has been that of Mary_Liner ( Mainliner-Highland_Ellen ) , a member of the Dick_Williams stable , who was clocked 2 : 25 . |
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