reclock

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verb

To modify the clock speed of.

Scrabble 15
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Meanings

verbreclock (third-person singular simple present reclocks, present participle reclocking, simple past and past participle reclocked)

present singular third person reclocks · participle present reclocking · participle past reclocked · past reclocked

  1. transitivecomputingTo modify the clock speed of.

    And what's the big deal if people reclock their chips? “It gives us a bad reputation when a reclocked system fails!” says Intel.

    1999 March 23, PC Mag, volume 18, number 6, page 87
  2. transitiveTo clock something again.

Synonyms & antonyms

Narrower
downclockupclock

Origin

From re- + clock.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

clockercockler
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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