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Clocking

To measure the duration of.

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📖 Definitions of "Clocking"

verb

1
To measure the duration of.
2
To measure the speed of.
"He was clocked at 155 miles per hour."
3
To hit (someone) heavily.
"When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him."
4
To take notice of; to realise; to recognize someone or something
"A trans person may be able to easily clock other trans people."

verb

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

verb

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

noun

1
A time measurement made according to a clock.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Clocking"

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Word	Definition
timenoun	(uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
watchverb	A portable or wearable timepiece.
timernoun	A device used to measure amounts of time.
dialnoun	(transitive) To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone, regardless of whether a physical dial is present.
markingnoun	The action of marking.
dialingnoun	The act by which a number is dialed.
timingnoun	(countable, uncountable) The time when something happens.
synchronizationnoun	The state or property of being synchronized.
markupnoun	(computing) The notation that is used to indicate the meaning of the elements in an electronic document, or to dictate how text should be displayed.
reservationnoun	An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
roughynoun	The orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus.
synchronizingnoun	coordinating by causing to indicate the same time
syncingverb	(informal) To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video.
chronometernoun	A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.
timekeepingnoun	The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is: the act or process of keeping the time.
atomic clocknoun	An extremely accurate reference clock whose operation is based on an atomic process, typically the frequency of electromagnetic radiation associated with a specified energy-level transition in an element such as cesium.
chronographynoun	Measurement with a chronograph.
attoclocknoun	(physics) A device that can measure time intervals of the order of attoseconds
time detectornoun	A timepiece provided with a device for registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman visits certain stations on his beat.
longitude clocknoun	A marine chronometer.