1. A timepiece that shows the time of day
   "The grandfather clock in the hallway chimed every hour"

1. Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
   "he clocked the runners";
   - time
    
2. [UK, informal] Hit hard
   "The teacher clockd the boy";
   - sock [informal], bop [informal], whop [informal], whap [N. Amer, informal], bonk [informal], bash [informal], clonk [informal], boink [N. Amer, informal], whack [informal], wham [informal], wallop [informal], lamp [UK, informal], belt [informal]
    
3. [Brit, informal] See, notice or watch
   "they clocked our faces"

Derived forms: clocked, clocking, clocks

Type of: hit, horologe [archaic], measure, quantify, quantitate, timekeeper, timepiece

Encyclopedia: Clock