the clock

noun

1

: 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.

2

: 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.

3

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

In addition, Chinese labor law says workers need to have one day off a week and cannot be on the clock for more than 40 hours in a week, with overtime not to exceed 36 hours per month, Public Eye wrote. —Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 May 2024

Nurses beget nurses Here’s one intervention that nurses say would reduce burnout and stem their exodus: make sure that enough registered nurses are at the bedside around the clock to care for patients safely. —Karen B. Lasater and K. Jane Muir, STAT, 10 May 2024