clock

Definition

  • noun: a device that shows what time it is and that is usually placed in a room or attached to a wall
  • noun: a device other than a watch for indicating or measuring time commonly by means of hands moving on a dialect
  • verb: to measure the amount of time it takes for (a person) to do something or for (something) to be completed
  • verb: to time with a stopwatch or by an electric timing device
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: timepiece, ornament, beetle

Examples

  • She felt her 'biological clock' ticking away and wanted to have a baby as soon as possible.

  • In a desperate attempt to 'beat the clock', I raced to mail my tax return before midnight.

  • The movie 'clocked in' at just under three hours. [=the movie was almost three hours long]

Movie quotes

  • (..) WOLF: You must be Jules... which would make you Vincent. Let's get down to brass tacks, gentlemen. If I was informed correctly... the clock is ticking, is that right, Jimmie? JIMMIE: % WOLF: Your wife Bonnie... comes home at in the a.m., is that correct? (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction