clockweight

C3L1O1C3K5W4E1I1G2H4T1

noun

Any of the weights that regulate the mechanism of a clock.

OriginEnglish weight ← Middle English clokke ← Middle Dutch clocke →
Scrabble 26
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounclockweight (plural clockweights)

plural clockweights

  1. Any of the weights that regulate the mechanism of a clock.
  2. in pluralslangA testicle.

Origin

  1. Proto-Celtic*klokkosder.?
  2. Early Medieval Latinclocca
  3. Old Northern Frenchcloque
  4. Old Dutch*klokka
  5. Middle Dutchclocke
  6. Middle Englishclokke
  7. Englishclock
  8. Englishweight
  9. Englishclockweight

From clock + weight.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Slovak pondus
  • pondusweight in the mechanism of a clock
Cite this entry
APA

clockweight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clockweight

MLA

“clockweight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clockweight. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clockweight,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clockweight.

Source: clockweight on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.