Usually means: Mechanism driven by gears, springs.
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  1. clockwork: Merriam-Webster
  2. clockwork: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. clockwork: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. clockwork: Collins English Dictionary
  5. clockwork: Vocabulary.com
  6. Clockwork, clockwork: Wordnik
  7. clockwork: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. clockwork: Wiktionary
  9. clockwork: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. clockwork: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. clockwork: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Clockwork, clockwork: Dictionary.com
  13. clockwork: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Clockwork (Angelus Apatrida album), Clockwork (Ashley Roberts song), Clockwork (Easton Corbin song), Clockwork (Juelz Santana song), Clockwork (disambiguation), Clockwork (film), Clockwork (novel), Clockwork (video game), Clockwork: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Clockwork: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. clockwork: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. clockwork: Rhymezone
  18. Clockwork: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. clockwork: FreeDictionary.org
  20. clockwork: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. clockwork: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. clockwork: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. clockwork: Encyclopedia

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  1. clockwork: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. clockwork: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Clockwork: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.
noun:  The action of behaving mechanically in the manner of a clock.
adjective:  Driven by clockwork.
adjective:  Very smooth and regular.

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