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 at2: to register on a mechanical recording device <wind velocities were clocked at 80 miles per hour>3: to hit hard4chiefly 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 verb1: 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