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Word: Clock
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch klocke, based on medieval Latin clocca ‘bell’
klɒk
a mechanical or electrical device for measuring time, indicating hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds by hands on a round dial or by displayed figures
Short Definition:device for measuring time
Examples:- the church clock struck four
- a clock face
a downy spherical seed head, especially that of a dandelion.
Short Definition:downy seed head
a person's face
Short Definition:person's face
Examples:- I thought I recognized your clock
Word: Clock
Speech Type: Verb
klɒk
attain or register (a specified time, distance, or speed)
Short Definition:attain speed
Examples:- I clocked nearly nine hours of uninterrupted sleep
notice or watch
Short Definition:notice or watch
Examples:- I noticed him clocking her in the mirror
hit (someone), especially on the head
Short Definition:hit someone on head
Examples:- someone clocked him for no good reason
wind back the milometer of (a car) illegally in order to make the vehicle appear to have travelled fewer miles than it really has
Short Definition:illegally alter milometer
Examples:- beware of motorists who clock their car before selling it
- they had sold clocked vehicles
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