clocking

4 definitions • 4 examples

present participle of

to take a particular time exactly to do or complete something:

He clocked ten seconds in the 100 metres (= he ran it in ten seconds).

to show or reach a particular speed or distance on a measuring device:

[ + -ing verb ] The police clocked him doing 80 mph in a 50 mph area.

Jim's car has clocked (= travelled) 40,000 miles in less than two years.

to hit someone, especially on the head or face:

Then the other guy turned round and clocked him (one) (= hit him).