clock the tea

verb

To discover the truth about something.

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Meanings

verbclock the tea (third-person singular simple present clocks the tea, present participle clocking the tea, simple past and past participle clocked the tea)

present singular third person clocks the tea · participle present clocking the tea · participle past clocked the tea · past clocked the tea

  1. idiomaticLGBTQ slang and African-American VernacularTo 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

Origin

From clock (“to notice”) + the + tea (“information, gossip”).

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clock the tea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clock%20the%20tea

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“clock the tea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clock%20the%20tea. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clock the tea,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clock%20the%20tea.

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