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clockwork en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/ˈklɑkwɝk/ (US)
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/ˈklɒkwɜːk/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *klokkosder. Early Medieval Latin cloccader. Old Northern French cloquebor. Old Dutch *klokka Middle Dutch clockebor. Middle English clokke English clock English -work English clockwork From clock + -work.

Meanings

(attributive, not-comparable) Driven by clockwork.
(attributive, not-comparable) Very smooth and regular.
- In their freight, as in their passenger operations, the N.S. present a picture of clockwork efficiency. 1962 April, J. M. Tolson, “The Nederlands Railways today: III: Signalling and freight”, in Modern Railways, page 244:

clockwork en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈklɑkwɝk/ (US)
(US) audio
/ˈklɒkwɜːk/ (UK)

Etymology

Meanings

(uncountable, usually) A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.
- Many contrivances for making model horses move up and down as on roundabouts were patented in 1887, and toy horses pulling toy carts were made to imitate galloping by means of clockwork. 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 67:
(uncountable, usually) The action of behaving mechanically in the manner of a clock.
- The mind feeds upon the body: pale sickness, and early decrepitude, overmaster even its spiritual essence. Too late it discovers that this earth is its prison, and not its home: the heart beats, and its pulses are the clockwork of wretchedness:... 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Evening Alone”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 307:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
clockworks	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

regular as clockwork · clockwork universe · clockwork radio · clockworky · clockwork orange · like clockwork · like atomic clockwork · clockworklike

Translations (26)

ga oibriú cloig (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · fi kellokoneisto (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · es fornitura (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · nl uurwerk (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · de Federwerk (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · cmn 钟表机构 (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · it orologeria (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · bg часовников механизъм (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · sv urverk (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · pt corda (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · es mecanismo relojero (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · ja からくり (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · es engranaje (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · it meccanismo a molla (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · fi jousikoneisto (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · is klukkuverk (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · is gangverk (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · es mecanismo (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · is úrverk (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · ja ぜんまい仕掛け (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · cmn 发条装置 (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · pl zegarowy mechanizm sprężynowy (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · de Uhrwerk (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · no urverk (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · es mecanismo de relojería (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) · es cuerda (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)