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Noun: clocking  kló-king
  1. The time taken to traverse a measured course
    "it was a world record clocking"
Verb: clock  klók
  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
    "He clocked his opponent";
    - 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

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