Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of clock
plural clockings
- 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 Engineer1 more example
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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clocking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clocking
“clocking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clocking. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clocking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clocking.
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