clock

A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.

When the clock says midnight.

The seasons bring the flower again, ⁠And bring the firstling to the flock; ⁠And in the dusk of thee, the clock Beats out the little lives of men.

A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.

A 12-hour clock system; an antique clock sale; Acme is a clock manufacturer.

The odometer of a motor vehicle.

This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock.

An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.

The seed head of a dandelion.

To measure the duration of.

To measure the speed of.

He was clocked at 155 miles per hour.

Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat.

To hit (someone) heavily.

When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him.

To notice; to take notice of (someone or something).

Clock the wheels on that car!

It is true. Carmen is an official gold digger. In fact, she is an instructor at the school of gold digging. Hood rats have been clocking her style for years. Wanting to pull the players she pulled, and wishing they had the looks she had.

To recognize; to assess, register.

I'd already clocked her as someone who couldn't reliably be believed when she spoke. And now this too!

Bo John and I twisted our heads around as Miranda braked over to the gravelly shoulder, let the Scout wheeze to a stop. She was climbing out, hurrying back to whatever had caught her eye. Bo John leered into the door mirror, clocking her flouncing, leggy strut.

A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.

But this you can't stand, so you throw up your hand, and you find you're as cold as an icicle, In your shirt and your socks (the black silk with gold clocks), crossing Salisbury Plain on a bicycle

She'd a gown wi' girt flowers lik' hollyhocks An zome stockèns o' gramfer's a-knit wi' clocks