# clocked

Pronunciation: say "KLOKT" US /klɑkt/, UK /klɒkt/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of clock. — simple past and past participle of clock
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of clock. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The radar clocked the pitch at ninety-eight miles per hour._
   - _Visitors clocked nearly ten miles walking around the old city._

## Adjective

2. Driven by a regular, repeating timing signal that sets the rate of operation.
   - Simple: Controlled by a steady, repeating timing signal that sets how fast it runs.
   - _Each clocked stage updates its state on the rising edge of the signal._
   - _The team built a clocked pipeline that processes one instruction per cycle._
3. Of a motor vehicle: having had its odometer wound back to display a lower mileage than the vehicle has actually traveled. *(colloquial, UK)*
   - Simple: Used about a car whose mileage counter was changed to show fewer miles than it has really gone.
   - _The dealer was fined for selling a clocked motor with a wound-back odometer._
   - _Service records exposed the hatchback as clocked, showing far higher mileage than the dial._
4. Embroidered with clocks: ornamental figured motifs, typically worked up the side or ankle of a stocking or sock rather than any depiction of timepieces.
   - Simple: Sewn with small decorative patterns, especially up the side of a sock or stocking.
   - _Her clocked silk stockings drew admiring glances at the ball._
   - _The tailor offered clocked hose with delicate embroidery along each seam._

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