clock

Etymology 1
c. 1350–1400,, , , from , from , from , probably of origin, from  (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), either  or from  (compare 🇨🇬).

Related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

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Noun

 * 1) A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
 * 2)  A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.
 * 3)  The odometer of a motor vehicle.
 * 4)  An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
 * 5) The seed head of a dandelion.
 * 6) A time clock.
 * 7)  A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.
 * 8)  A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.
 * 1) The seed head of a dandelion.
 * 2) A time clock.
 * 3)  A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.
 * 4)  A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.
 * 1)  A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.
 * 2)  A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.
 * 1)  A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.
 * 1)  A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.

Usage notes
Clock originally denoted a mechanical timekeeping device that was able to mark the time with chimes or another sounding mechanism, distinguished from a which had no such mechanism and a  and other terms inclusive of sundials, clepsydras, and similar devices. Clock is now the general term for all timekeeping devices, inclusive of aspects of software that tracks and displays the time, but as a physical object it is still sometimes distinguished from a small portable and from nonmechanical timekeeping devices.

Synonyms

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Translations

 * Catalan: comptaquilòmetres
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: indicateur de vitesse,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, kilométer-számláló
 * Italian:, , odometro
 * Japanese: 走行距離計
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Luxembourgish: Tacho
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: contor de parcurs
 * Slovak: tachometer
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan:
 * German: Taktsignal
 * Japanese: クロック
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: такт
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: hodinový impulz
 * Slovene: tiktakanje
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: такт


 * Tamil:, , ,

Verb

 * 1)  To measure the duration of.
 * 2)  To measure the speed of.
 * 3)  To hit (someone) heavily.
 * 4)  To notice; to take notice of (someone or something).
 * 5)  To recognize; to assess.
 * 6)  To identify (someone) as having some attribute.
 * 7)  To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
 * 8)  To beat a video game.
 * 1)  To notice; to take notice of (someone or something).
 * 2)  To recognize; to assess.
 * 3)  To identify (someone) as having some attribute.
 * 4)  To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
 * 5)  To beat a video game.
 * 1)  To recognize; to assess.
 * 2)  To identify (someone) as having some attribute.
 * 3)  To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
 * 4)  To beat a video game.
 * 1)  To identify (someone) as having some attribute.
 * 2)  To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
 * 3)  To beat a video game.
 * 1)  To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
 * 2)  To beat a video game.
 * 1)  To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
 * 2)  To beat a video game.
 * 1)  To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
 * 2)  To beat a video game.
 * 1)  To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
 * 2)  To beat a video game.
 * 1)  To beat a video game.
 * 1)  To beat a video game.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: измервам време
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ottaa aikaa,
 * Interlingua: chronometrar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Norwegian: ta tiden på
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: измервам скорост
 * Catalan: la velocitat de
 * Interlingua: mesurar le velocitate de
 * Japanese: ,
 * Portuguese: medir a velocidade de
 * Spanish: medir la velocidad de


 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Portuguese:

Etymology 2

 * designs may have originally been bell-shaped and thus related to Etymology 1, above.

Noun

 * 1) A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: багет
 * Finnish:
 * Italian: baghetta

Verb

 * 1)  To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work.

Noun

 * 1) A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle.

Etymology 4
From, from , ultimately ; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To make the sound of a hen; to cluck.
 * 2)  To hatch.

Verb

 * 1) to hatch an egg