the clock

noun

: a clock that is used in sports and that shows how much time remains for a particular part of a game

They were winning by 2 points with 10 seconds (left) on the clock.

They stopped the (game) clock with eight seconds remaining.

: a special clock that is used to record the times when an employee starts and stops working : time clock

I punched the clock at 8:45 and started working right away.

chiefly British : a device that shows how far a vehicle has traveled

a car with 100,000 miles on the clock

Examples of the clock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Teams have been working 16-hour shifts around the clock since early Tuesday morning. —

Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2024 The Hong Kong Telegraph is published around the clock, seven days a week in six languages, and is based in Hong Kong's legendary Nathan Road. —

Kansas City Star, 28 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for the clock

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