Word: clock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First use appears c. 1370. From Middle English clokke, clok, cloke (“clock”), from Middle Dutch clocke (“bell, clock”), from Old Dutch *klokka, from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell, clock, cloak”), probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch (“bell”), Old Irish cloc (“bell, clock”)), either onomatopoeic or from Proto-Indo-European *klek- (“to laugh, cackle”) (compare Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną (“to laugh”)). Cognate with Old English clucge (“bell”), Saterland Frisian Klokke (“bell, clock”), Dutch klok (“clock, bell”), Low German Klock (“bell, clock”), German Glocke (“bell”), Danish and Norwegian klokke (“clock, bell”), Faroese klokka (“clock, bell”), Icelandic klukka (“clock, bell”), Swedish klocka (“clock, bell”), Asturian llueca (“cowbell”), Galician and Portuguese choca (“cowbell”), Doublet of cloak and cloche. Pronunciation: /klɒk/, /klɑk/, [kl̥ɒχ] 1. To measure the duration of. Labels: transitive 2. To measure the speed of. Labels: transitive Example: He was clocked at 155 miles per hour. Example: Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat. 3. To hit (someone) heavily. Labels: slang, transitive Example: When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him. 4. To notice; to take notice of (someone or something). Labels: informal, transitive Example: Clock the wheels on that car! Example: It is true. Carmen is an official gold digger. In fact, she is an instructor at the school of gold digging. Hood rats have been clocking her style for years. Wanting to pull the players she pulled, and wishing they had the looks she had. 5. To recognize; to assess, register. Labels: informal, transitive Example: I'd already clocked her as someone who couldn't reliably be believed when she spoke. And now this too! Example: Bo John and I twisted our heads around as Miranda braked over to the gravelly shoulder, let the Scout wheeze to a stop. She was climbing out, hurrying back to whatever had caught her eye. Bo John leered into the door mirror, clocking her flouncing, leggy strut. 6. To identify (someone) as having some attribute (for example, being trans or gay). Labels: informal, transitive Example: Once my transition was complete I considered moving to London, where I felt there was less chance of being clocked and a larger support network. Example: Jaz said that the palpitations of fear he used to experience at the prospect of being publicly outed in the gurdwara dissipated after he clocked other gay Sikhs in there, even one who professed a Jat caste identity, he said – Jatness being associated with stereotypical dominant macho masculinity. He reflected that this was a major factor in his rapprochement with his[…] 7. To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle. Labels: UK, slang Example: I don't believe that car has done only 40,000 miles. It's been clocked. 8. To beat a video game. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang, transitive Example: Have you clocked that game yet? 9. To expose or attack someone, typically in a targeted and insulting manner. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Did you hear what she said about my outfit? She kind of clocked me. Example: You clocked, that guy is always running his mouth.