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Meaning Of Clock
n.
A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other
divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved
by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the
hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the
watch, to be carried on the person.
n.
A watch, esp. one that strikes.
n.
The striking of a clock.
n.
A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.
v. t.
To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.
v. t. & i.
To call, as a hen. See Cluck.
n.
A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus
stercorarius).