the clock

noun

: a clock that is used in sports and that shows how much time remains for a particular part of a game

They were winning by 2 points with 10 seconds (left) on the clock.

They stopped the (game) clock with eight seconds remaining.

: a special clock that is used to record the times when an employee starts and stops working : time clock

I punched the clock at 8:45 and started working right away.

chiefly British : a device that shows how far a vehicle has traveled

a car with 100,000 miles on the clock

Examples of the clock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The notion of a comprehensive, long-range program making California’s uncertain water supply more resilient sounds great, and the clock is ticking. —

Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 7 June 2024 Moore missed a shot from the corner as the clock was expiring. —

Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2024 The child can also long-press the home screen to customize how the clock looks and which animal will function as the moving ring. —

PCMAG, 5 June 2024 SpaceX did not launch a crew to the ISS until 2020, and as for Boeing, well, until this week, the clock was still ticking. —

Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for the clock

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