clocking

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

clocking

  1. present participle and gerund of clock

Noun[edit]

clocking (plural clockings)

  1. A time measurement made according to a clock.
    • 2012, Kurt C. Schlichting, Grand Central's Engineer:
      At all of the major “breakup” yards where the railroads unloaded and loaded freight — waterfront railyards, pier stations, and inland freight depots — teams conducted clockings, recording all movements of trains []
    • 2012, R. Flodna Knob, The Monster Between My Legs:
      He picked up the sheet of paper which showed the clockings of the two employees. He looked again at the clockings that Earrell had made and smiled to himself; on the fifth of the month, he had skipped his break completely []

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