clock

/klɒk/

#2,903 of the most-used English words

noun

1. An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece.
2. The odometer of a motor vehicle.
   "This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock."
3. An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
4. The seed head of a dandelion.

Similar: timepiece, odometer

verb

1. To measure the duration of.
2. To measure the speed of.
   "He was clocked at 155 miles per hour."
3. To hit (someone) heavily.
   "When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him."
4. To take notice of; to realise; to recognize someone or something
   "A trans person may be able to easily clock other trans people."

Similar: check out, scope out, slug, smack, thump, whack

noun

1. A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.

verb

1. To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work.