clocking

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noun

A time measurement made according to a clock.

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of clock
nounclocking (plural clockings)

plural clockings

  1. A time measurement made according to a clock.

    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, Kurt C. Schlichting, Grand Central's Engineer
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    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 […]

    2012, R. Flodna Knob, The Monster Between My Legs

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