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hourglass en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈaʊəɡlɑːs/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From hour + glass.

Meanings

  1. A clock made of two glass vessels connected by a narrow passage through which sand flows.
    • The sands of thy short life are spent this hour, / And no hand in the universe can turn / Thy hourglass, if these gummed leaves be burnt / Ere thou canst mount up these immortal steps. 1819, John Keats, “Canto I”, in The Fall of Hyperion:
    • After each game turn, invert the hourglass to reset the time limit for the next player.
  2. A cursor, often shaped like an hourglass, indicating that the computer is busy.
    • When I right click the desktop display to check Display Properties, it hangs and shows me only the hourglass instead of the display menu. 2002, Maximum PC (Winter 2002, page 16)

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hourglasses Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

beach ball

Deriveds

hourglass drum · hourglass-shaped · hourglassing · hourglass corset · hourglass figure · hourglassed · hourglass dolphin

Meronyms

pinch

Relateds

· tempus fugit ·

Synonyms

sand timer · egg timer · sandglass · watch glass

Translations (92)

sk presýpacie hodiny (clock) · vi đồng hồ cát (clock) · ms jam pasir (clock) · mn элсэн цаг (clock) · eo sablohorloĝo (clock) · kk құм сағат (clock) · sv timglas (clock) · cs přesýpací hodiny (clock) · et liivakell (clock) · ro nisiparniță (clock) · bg пя́съчен часо́вник (clock) · ko 사루 (clock) · br eurier-traezh (clock) · ja 砂時計 (clock) · ur ریت گَھڑی (clock) · ast reló d'arena (clock) · uz qum soat (clock) · th นาฬิกาทราย (clock) · cmn 沙壺 /沙壶 (clock) · pl zegar piaskowy (clock) · sh pješčànīk (clock) · uk піскови́й годи́нник (clock) · sh peščani sat (clock) · sh пешчани часовник (clock) · kum хум сагьат (clock) · ja 砂漏 (clock) · lt smėlio laikrodis (clock) · ru песо́чные часы́ (clock) · fi tiimalasi (clock) · ko 모래시계 (clock) · sw shisha (clock) · fa-ira ساعَتِ شِنی (clock) · mk пе́сочник (clock) · lo ນາລິກາຊາຍ (clock) · ota قوم ساعتی (clock) · ru скля́нки (clock) · es reloj arenoso/arenáceo/arenisco (clock) · az qum saatı (clock) · he שְׁעוֹן חוֹל (clock) · gu રેતઘડી (clock) · tg соати регӣ (clock) · tk qum sagat (clock) · yue 沙漏 (clock) · ko 사루계 (clock) · sh пешчани сат (clock) · nn timeglas (clock) · cmn 沙漏 (clock) · is tímaglas (clock) · fr sablier (clock) · hi रेतघड़ी (clock) · id jam pasir (clock) · sh пјешча̀нӣк (clock) · my သဲနာရီ (clock) · hy ավազի ժամացույց (clock) · pt ampulheta (clock) · sh пјешчани сат (clock) · tr kum saati (clock) · lv smilšu pulkstenis (clock) · it clessidra (clock) · sh peščani časovnik (clock) · sh пјешчани часовник (clock) · pl klepsydra (clock) · nb timeglass (clock) · be пясо́чны гадзі́ннік (clock) · ka ქვიშის საათი (clock) · nl zandloper (clock) · nan-hbl 沙漏 (clock) · es reloj de arena (clock) · ky кум саат (clock) · be пясо́чны гадзі́ньнік (clock) · hi बालू घड़ी (clock) · hu homokóra (clock) · ca rellotge de sorra (clock) · el κλεψύδρα (clock) · km នាឡិកាខ្សាច់ (clock) · is stundaglas (clock) · ar سَاعَةٌ رَمْلِيَّة (clock) · sh pješčani časovnik (clock) · sh peščànīk (clock) · io sablo-horlojo (clock) · sh pješčani sat (clock) · cy awrwydr (clock) · sl peščena ura (clock) · es ampolleta (clock) · mk пе́сочен ча́совник (clock) · cmn 沙鐘 /沙钟 (clock) · de Sanduhr (clock) · da timeglas (clock) · gl reloxo de area (clock) · nrf hôlouoge à sablion (clock) · ro clepsidră (clock) · sh пешча̀нӣк (clock)

hourglass en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈaʊəɡlɑːs/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From hour + glass.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To display the cursor as an hourglass indicating that the computer is busy or processing.
    • I have an ADP that I use for reporting that I have used for about a year. I only use it every 3 months, and it has worked up until now. This morning I tried using it, but after trying to open the report, it hourglassed and then showed a "Timeout expired" error. I searched this message and found out how to set the timeout limit, and set it to 300 seconds. Still the same message. 2006 May 5, Drew, “Timeout Expired but worked 3 months ago”, in microsoft.public.access.adp.sqlserver (Usenet):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hourglasses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hourglassing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hourglassed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hourglassed Tense=Past lexicographic