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1. European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
   - redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, filaria, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium

1. A timepiece that shows the time of day

1. Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
   "he clocked the runners";
   - time
    
2. [UK, informal] Hit hard
   "He clocked his opponent";
   - sock [informal], bop [informal], whop [informal], whap [N. Amer, informal], bonk [informal], bash [informal], clonk [informal], boink [N. Amer, informal], whack [informal], wham [informal], wallop [informal], lamp [UK, informal], belt [informal]
    
3. [Brit, informal] See, notice or watch
   "they clocked our faces"

Type of: heron's bill, hit, horologe [archaic], measure, quantify, quantitate, storksbill, timekeeper, timepiece

Encyclopedia: Clocks