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

Setting the clock forward to daylight saving time in spring and back to standard time in fall could be doing most Americans more harm than good. —Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025

The show seemed to pause the clock for youngest male to win an acting Emmy Owen Cooper, thank God. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025

That gave the Colts an untimed down despite the clock expiring. —Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025

Air Quality Students are exposed to the quality of air around the clock. —Kira Golenko, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for the clock

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