Dictionary

clock in en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (US) To begin working time, especially by punching in (entering a workplace by punching a time card with the time clock).
   • We clocked in at 7:30, but didn't actually do any work until at least 8.
2. (idiomatic) To be measured at.
   • Big Joe clocks in at 384 pounds, far outweighing his opponent.
   • Night falls and on come the Grateful Dead, who begin with St Stephen, a pretty song, largely instrumental, that clocks in at two minutes 2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Antonyms

clock off (antonym(s) of “begin working time”) · punch out (antonym(s) of “begin working time”) · clock out (antonym(s) of “begin working time”) · knock off (antonym(s) of “begin working time”)

Relateds

on the clock · clock on · off the clock · punch out · punch in

Synonyms

tip the scales at (to be measured at) · clock on (begin working time) · punch in (begin working time)

Translations (13)

fi leimata sisään (to enter a workplace by punching a timecard; punch in) · ca fitxar (to enter a workplace by punching a timecard; punch in) · sv stämpla in (to begin working time) · fr pointer (to enter a workplace by punching a timecard; punch in) · it timbrare (to enter a workplace by punching a timecard; punch in) · it timbrare il cartellino (to enter a workplace by punching a timecard; punch in) · fr embaucher (to begin working time) · de stempeln (to enter a workplace by punching a timecard; punch in) · pt bater ponto/bater o ponto (to enter a workplace by punching a timecard; punch in) · ms merakamkan waktu masuk (to enter a workplace by punching a timecard; punch in) · gl fichar (to enter a workplace by punching a timecard; punch in) · pt picar o ponto (to enter a workplace by punching a timecard; punch in) · fi olla (to be measured at)