underclock

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verb

To modify (a CPU) by the use of underclocking.

OriginEnglish clock ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

verbunderclock (third-person singular simple present underclocks, present participle underclocking, simple past and past participle underclocked)

present singular third person underclocks · participle present underclocking · participle past underclocked · past underclocked

  1. transitivecomputingTo modify (a CPU) by the use of underclocking.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishclock
  13. Englishunderclock

From under- + clock.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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