Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clocking

/klˈɑkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: clock-ing
IPA: /klˈɑkɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of clock

noun

A time measurement made according to a clock.

Example Sentences

"At all of the major “breakup” yards where the railroads unloaded and loaded freight — waterfront railyards, pier stations, and inland freight depots — teams conducted clockings, recording all movements of trains […]"
"He picked up the sheet of paper which showed the clockings of the two employees. He looked again at the clockings that Earrell had made and smiled to himself; on the fifth of the month, he had skipped his break completely […]"

Inflected Forms

clockings (plural)

Phrases

self-clocking

Rhymes With

blocking shocking knocking locking rocking mocking stocking docking unlocking flocking hocking restocking

Questions

How do you pronounce clocking?: The recorded pronunciation is /klˈɑkɪŋ/.
What does clocking mean?: present participle and gerund of clock

How to pronounce clocking

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