clock

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈklɒk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/klɑk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(klok)

Collocations for "clock"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "clock" in context.

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clock

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. an [alarm, atomic, analog] clock
  2. a [digital, wall, grandfather] clock
  3. the [station, platform, store, pharmacy] clock
  4. my internal clock was [wrong, messed up]
  5. my biological clock is ticking
  6. set your (alarm) clock
  7. [set, change] your clock's time
  8. [set] your clock for daylight savings
  9. [check, look at] the clock
  10. keeps checking the clock
  11. check the clock for the time
  12. checks the clock every [five minutes]
  13. what time does the clock say?
  14. are on the clock (now)
  15. the clock has started (running)
  16. the clock is [running, ticking]
  17. the [factory, production plant, call center] works around the clock
  18. race against the clock to [finish, get it done, arrive on time]
  19. the [skiers, speed skaters, cyclists] are racing against the clock
  20. the [team, players, contestant] ran down the clock
  21. [hang, put] a clock on the wall
  22. [is, at] [8] o'clock
  23. the clock's [second hand, pendulum, face]
n as adj
  1. the clock face
  2. a clock tower
  3. the clock frequency
v
  1. clock his [time, performance]
  2. clock the [race, lap]
  3. clocked at speeds of (up to) [100 mph]
  4. clocked up (over) [12,000] miles
  5. clocked up [50] hours
  6. clock [in, out] (at work)
  7. clock out [early, late]
  8. clocked [it, the cpu, computer] to [500 MHz]
  9. [a speed camera, the police] clocked him [doing, going at] [100 mph]
  10. slang: I wanted to clock him!
  11. slang: clock him in the [face, chin, eye]
  12. UK: I clocked him [looking, trying, making]
  13. UK: hasn't clocked me yet
'clock' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
beat - break - breakfast - call - disappear - do - race - set - wake - wind - one - two - three - four - five - six - eight - nine - hand - desk - hour - working - tower - sun - noon - news - minute - oven - potato - second - about - around - sure - slow - late - grandfather - chime - curfew - curtain - deadline - departure - dial - lamp - landmark - midnight - watershed - bell - frequency - peep - postcard

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