Толковый словарь английского языка - clock
Clock
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English clok, from Middle Dutch ~e bell, ~, from Old French or Medieval Latin; Old French dialect (Picard) cloque bell, from Medieval Latin clocca, of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish clocc bell Date: 14th century a device other than a watch for indicating or measuring time commonly by means of hands moving on a dial, a registering device usually with a dial, time ~ , a synchronizing device (as in a computer) that produces pulses at regular intervals, biological ~ , II. verb Date: 1883 transitive verb 1. to time with a stopwatch or by an electric timing device, to be timed at, to register on a mechanical recording device , to hit hard, attain , realize , 5. to travel (a distance) over time , put in 3 , intransitive verb to have a specified duration or speed, to register on a time sheet or time ~ ; punch , ~er noun III. noun Etymology: perhaps from 1~ Date: 1530 an ornamental figure on the ankle or side of a stocking or sock
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 an instrument for measuring time, driven mechanically or electrically and indicating hours, minutes, etc., by hands on a dial or by displayed figures. 2 a any measuring device resembling a clock. b colloq. a speedometer, taximeter, or stopwatch. 3 time taken as an element in competitive sports etc. (ran against the clock). 4 Brit. sl. a person's face. 5 a downy seed-head, esp. that of a dandelion. --v.tr. 1 colloq. a (often foll. by up) attain or register (a stated time, distance, or speed, esp. in a race). b time (a race) with a stopwatch. 2 Brit. sl. hit, esp. on the head. Phrases and idioms clock golf a game in which a golf ball is putted into a hole from successive points in a circle. clock in (or on) register one's arrival at work, esp. by means of an automatic recording clock. clock off (or out) register one's departure similarly. clock radio a combined radio and alarm clock. round the clock all day and (usu.) night. watch the clock = CLOCK-WATCH. Etymology: ME f. MDu., MLG klocke f. med.L clocca bell, perh. f. Celt. 2. n. an ornamental pattern on the side of a stocking or sock near the ankle. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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