clock the tea en · VERB
Etymology
From clock (“to notice”) + the + tea (“information, gossip”).
Meanings
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(idiomatic, qualifier:LGBTQ slang and African-American Vernacular) To discover the truth about something.
On Tuesday (Dec. 8), Cardi [B] revealed her tips and tricks and praised that no one checked her for them. “It’s the fact that I used to put 2 thick a– tights under my jeans in Highschool to make my a– look fatter and nobody ever clock the tea,” she tweeted.
2020 December 9, Heran Mamo, “Cardi B Reveals How She Made Her Backside Look More Ample in High School”, in Billboard:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| clocks the tea | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| clocked the tea | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| clocked the tea | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| clocking the tea | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |