Main Entry: ²clock

Function: verb

Date: 1883

transitive verb

1 a : to time with a stopwatch or by an electric timing device b : to be timed at
2 : to register on a mechanical recording device <wind velocities were clocked at 80 miles per hour>
3 : to hit hard
4 chiefly British : attain, realize —usually used with up <just clocked up a million…paperback sales — Punch>
5 a : to travel (a distance) over time <clocks more than 15,000 miles a year on business> b : put in 3 <clocking long hours at the office>intransitive verb 1 : to have a specified duration or speed —used with in <the movie clocked in at just under 3 hours>; broadly : to have a specified measure or value —used with in <the meal clocked in at about $15>
2 : to register on a time sheet or time clock : punch —used with in, out, on, off <he clocked in late>

— clock·er noun