as in timer
a device to measure time
the clock reads 5:00 p.m.
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as in to knock
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
sick of being insulted, he swung around and clocked his tormentor hard enough to knock him off his bar stool
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Recent Examples of clock
Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
Set clocks back one hour in the early evening on Saturday instead of Sunday.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
Alena Botros, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
And when her song 'Champagne Problems' finished, the crowd gave her the longest standing ovation yet, clocking in at 3:40 minutes according to Billboard.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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Van Cleef & Arpels, for instance, infuses its 118 years of jewelry expertise into wildly complicated automaton wristwatches and clocks behind intricate facades.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
Set clocks back one hour in the early evening on Saturday instead of Sunday.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
Verb
At American law firms in London, junior lawyers are clocking around twice the number of work hours as the average British employee.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
And when her song 'Champagne Problems' finished, the crowd gave her the longest standing ovation yet, clocking in at 3:40 minutes according to Billboard.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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Patek Philippe divides its current collection into complications (world timers, chronographs, and annual calendars) and grand complications (perpetual calendars, tourbillons, chiming watches, and so on).Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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Kitchen Cooking Timer Tomato $9 Amazon Ditch your boring phone timer for something with a lot more personality.Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
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The 49ers knocked LaFleur’s Packers out of the playoffs in 2019, 2021 and 2023.Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Today, the brand is knocking $2,749 off this queen mattress while supplies last.Toni Sutton, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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While complete details are yet to be announced, it is expected that TAG Heuer will step in as official timekeeper (an official sponsorship role held by Rolex since 2013).Roberta Naas, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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This comes as a number of luxury groups have been deepening their ties to sports, including LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton’s multibrand Formula 1 deal and Chanel becoming the title sponsor and timekeeper of the annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge in the U.K.Lily Templeton, WWD, 24 Oct. 2024
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There and elsewhere, the songs punch above the weight necessary for Christmas fluff, but most fail to clear the bar of justifying their presence in an already padded runtime.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
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Cincy takes over near its own 10. Copied Share Bengals punch it in after marathon drive Rohan Nadkarni The Bengals are up 7-0 after a one-yard touchdown run by Chase Brown.NBC News, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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The museum always had a section dedicated to the Hamilton Watch Company, including pocket watches, wristwatches, chronometers, desk clocks, and the first-ever electric watch.Anthony DeMarco, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Fit with the caliber 215 PS, a manually wound chronometer with small seconds, the timepiece markes the first time in watchmaking history that C.O.S.C (Switzerland’s official chronometer certification bureau) and the Geneva Seal Authority issued a joint individual rating for a watch.Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2024
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Universal Genève wasn’t just some funky, old-school Swiss brand with a cool logo to slap onto a modern watch for the nostalgic set.Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
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Voice 1: Everybody was trying to get people’s attention, like, hey, here comes the wave, and then the first one kind of slapped against the door.Outside Online, Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
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The timepiece comes in a 43.3mm titanium case and—esepcially when compared to the rest of the watches in our list—is beautifully simple in all its grandeur!Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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The timepiece is priced at $1,650, the least expensive of this group of watches.Anthony DeMarco, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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With the score sitting at 14-10, Crabb smacked the ball at Banesh who parried it, his touch giving Partain the option to pass it back to his teammate.Aaron Heisen, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
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Nobody will mind if they get smacked in the head by a selfie stick, or buzzed by a drone.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 9 Nov. 2024
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“Clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clock. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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