clock

Related to clock: analog clock

clock (one)

slang To strike one very forcefully, especially in the face. He made some rude comment about my mother, so I turned around and clocked him square in the jaw.
See also: clock
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

clock

tv. to earn, score, or total up someone or something. (As if the person or thing gained were being metered or clocked.) Sam clocked a date with Sally, and is he ever proud!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (a)round the clock
  • (the) clock is running
  • (the) clock is ticking
  • a broken clock is right twice a day
  • a dead clock is correct twice a day
  • a dead clock is right twice a day
  • a race against time/the clock
  • a stopped clock is right twice a day
  • against the clock
  • around/round the clock
  • beat the clock
  • biological clock is ticking
  • clean (one's) clock
  • clean clock
  • clean someone's clock
  • clock
  • clock (one)
  • clock (someone or something) at (a certain speed)
  • clock (someone or something) at speeds of (some amount)
  • clock at
  • clock at speeds of
  • clock in
  • clock is ticking, the
  • clock off
  • clock out
  • clock up
  • clock watcher
  • clock-watcher
  • face (that) would stop a clock
  • face only a mother could love
  • film at 11
  • five o'clock shadow
  • get (one's) clock cleaned
  • get (one's) prescription filled
  • get (one's) prescription refilled
  • homely enough to stop a clock
  • it's five o'clock somewhere
  • kill the clock
  • know what's o'clock
  • more at 11
  • move the/(one's) clock(s) back
  • move the/(one's) clock(s) forward
  • off the clock
  • on the clock
  • punch a/the clock
  • punch in
  • punch the clock
  • push back the clock
  • put back the clock
  • put the/(one's) clock(s) back
  • put the/(one's) clock(s) forward
  • put/turn the clock back
  • race against the clock
  • race against time
  • roll back the clock
  • round the clock
  • run down the clock
  • run out the clock
  • run the clock down
  • run the clock out
  • set back
  • set back the clock
  • set the/(one's) clock(s) ahead
  • set the/(one's) clock(s) back
  • set the/(one's) clock(s) forward
  • sleep around the clock
  • stop (one's) clock
  • stop someone's clock
  • stop the clock
  • turn back the clock
  • turn the clock back
  • turn the clock back, to
  • turn the/(one's) clock(s) back
  • turn the/(one's) clock(s) forward
  • watch the clock
  • wind back the clock
  • work against the clock
References in classic literature
"Let me repeat to you," said Prince Michael, in his even, well- modulated tones, "that women are the natural enemies of clocks. Clocks are an evil, women a blessing.
The Four Million
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NASA officials said the clock, about the size of a toaster-oven, will operate for a year in space.
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The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) had installed the clock in collaboration with a private company in 2014.
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All the other clocks would laugh at Timer and make jokes about him.
TIMER
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The clock was installed probably in the late 1950s in the firm's corporate house style with neon signs.
The history behind Cardiff's hidden clocks; As you rush around Cardiff city centre there are plenty of hidden gems you might miss. Among these are the historic clocks which give a glimpse of a different era in the city. Here Steve Duffield, a member of Wales and Marches Horological Society, explains the history behind some of Cardiff's hidden clocks. To find out more about the society visit www.walesclocks.org.uk
I recently visited Wells Cathedral, in Somer set, and saw its remarkable interior clock dat ing from around 1390.
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