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

What’s old is indeed new again, and Reid is counting on the band getting back together to reset the clock. —Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026

Our crews were working around the clock, plowing and treating as conditions changed. —Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 29 Jan. 2026

Only the clock doesn’t do the learning. —Rachel Barr, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026

The members of the association cited the Russia-Ukraine war, May’s India-Pakistan conflict last year, and Israel and the US striking Iran last summer as one of the major reasons for ticking the clock forward. —Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for the clock

• alcock
• beanstalk
• bedrock
• boardwalk
• catwalk
• cornstalk
• crosswalk
• deadlock
• feedstock
• fetlock
• flintlock
• goshawk