1. The time taken to traverse a measured course
   "it was a world record clocking"

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: clockings

Type of: continuance, duration, hit, measure, quantify, quantitate

Encyclopedia: Clocking