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

Two weeks shy of his 83rd birthday, the billionaire Hall of Fame owner of the Dallas Cowboys jumped for joy in his suite at AT&T Stadium on Sunday night, convinced that the clock had struck zero in an after-dark, overtime thriller with more sudden swings than a Christopher Nolan movie. —Michael Silver, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

The Green Bay signal-caller couldn’t find the winner, and with one second left on the clock, McManus made a 34-yard field goal to end the game in a 40-40 tie. —George Ramsay, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025

The medical professionals of the Fox series Doc are, once again, racing against the clock—or rather, the stars who play them are. —Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025

But he was left with one second on the clock. —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for the clock

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