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(uncountable) A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.
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(by extension, UK) To begin work at the start of the day or start of one's shift.
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Alternative spelling of clock-watcher [A person who is eager for time to pass (e.g., at work or school), especially when faced with an undesirable task.]
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(neologism, rare, derogatory) A time-waster.
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Alternative form of clock-watcher [A person who is eager for time to pass (e.g., at work or school), especially when faced with an undesirable task.]
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(sports) A clock, especially in American football, that operates continuously in a one-sided game, so as to hasten the end of the contest.
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(music) A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable intervals; an electronic equivalent that emits flashes.
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Alternative form of pocket watch [A watch carried in the pocket, often with a closing cover and usually attached to a chain.]
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Alternative spelling of pocket watch [A watch carried in the pocket, often with a closing cover and usually attached to a chain.]
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A button on an alarm clock which, when pressed, silences the alarm temporarily, granting a few more minutes of sleep before the alarm sounds again.
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Alternative form of Tardis [Something which resembles such a machine, either in that it travels through time or in that its interior is or appears to be larger (or more full of information or things) than its exterior suggested.]
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To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
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(Britain) A nickname for the speaking clock.
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Alternative form of time lock [A lock, typically on a door in a bank vault, that cannot be unlocked before a specified time.]
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A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.
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The work produced by watchmaking; the mechanical arrangements making up a watch (portable timepiece).
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