clock

clock
[klɒk, Am klɑ:k] n
1) (for time measuring) Uhr f;
alarm \clock Wecker m;
the \clock chimes [or strikes] ... die Uhr schlägt ...;
the \clock says ... die Uhr zeigt ... [an];
to put [or turn] the \clock back die Uhr zurückstellen;
to put [or turn] the \clock forward [or (Brit) on] die Uhr vorstellen;
to put [or turn] the \clocks back (fig) die Zeit zurückdrehen;
the court's decision will put the \clocks back fifty years dieses Gerichtsurteil wirft die Rechtsprechung um fünfzig Jahre zurück;
to have [or keep] one's eye on the \clock, to watch the \clock ständig auf die Uhr gucken;
to run against the \clock auf Zeit laufen;
to set a \clock eine Uhr stellen;
to work against the \clock gegen die Zeit arbeiten;
to work according to [or by] the \clock die Arbeitszeit genau einhalten;
round [or around] the \clock rund um die Uhr (fam)
2) (speedometer, mileometer) Tachometer m o nt, Tacho m o nt (fam) vt
1) (measure speed)
to \clock sb at sth;
he was \clocked at 10 seconds for the 100 metres er lief die 100 Meter in 10 Sekunden;
to \clock sb doing sth;
the police \clocked him doing 80 mph die Polizei blitzte ihn mit 128 km/h
2) (run or travel at speed of)
to \clock sth;
this car can \clock 240 kmh dieses Auto hat bis zu 240 Sachen drauf (fam)
he \clocked 10 seconds in the 100 metres er lief die 100 Meter in 10 Sekunden
3) (fam: hit, strike)
to \clock sb [one] jdm eine kleben [o schmieren] (fam)

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