Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clocked

/klˈɑkt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables: clocked
IPA: /klˈɑkt/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of clock

adj

Embroidered with clocks (i.e. figured decorations, not timepieces).

adj

Electronically running at a particular rate; governed by a repetitive time signal.

adj

Of a motor vehicle: having had its odometer turned back so as to display a lower mileage.

British usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"But it will be impossible, if you keep your laced clothes covered, that anybody should know you in that dress to be the same gentleman—except they find you out by your clocked stockings."

Usage

British usage
Colloquial

Inflected Forms

more clocked (comparative) most clocked (superlative)

Derived Forms

unclocked

Rhymes With

locked blocked shocked knocked unlocked rocked stocked mocked docked cocked flocked concoct

Questions

How do you pronounce clocked?: The recorded pronunciation is /klˈɑkt/.
What does clocked mean?: simple past and past participle of clock

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