clock – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of clock

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to clock in
Participle: clocked in
Gerund: clocking in

Cognates

See the 5 cognates of clock

Indicative

Present

Iclock in
youclock in
he;she;itclocks in
weclock in
youclock in
theyclock in

Perfect

Ihave clocked in
youhave clocked in
he;she;ithas clocked in
wehave clocked in
youhave clocked in
theyhave clocked in

Past

Iclocked in
youclocked in
he;she;itclocked in
weclocked in
youclocked in
theyclocked in

Pluperfect

Ihad clocked in
youhad clocked in
he;she;ithad clocked in
wehad clocked in
youhad clocked in
theyhad clocked in

Future

Iwill clock in
youwill clock in
he;she;itwill clock in
wewill clock in
youwill clock in
theywill clock in

Future Perfect

Iwill have clocked in
youwill have clocked in
he;she;itwill have clocked in
wewill have clocked in
youwill have clocked in
theywill have clocked in

Subjunctive

Present

Iclock in
youclock in
he;she;itclock in
weclock in
youclock in
theyclock in

Perfect

Ihave clocked in
youhave clocked in
he;she;ithave clocked in
wehave clocked in
youhave clocked in
theyhave clocked in

Imperfect

Iclocked in
youclocked in
he;she;itclocked in
weclocked in
youclocked in
theyclocked in

Pluperfect

Ihad clocked in
youhad clocked in
he;she;ithad clocked in
wehad clocked in
youhad clocked in
theyhad clocked in

Conditional

Present

Iwould clock in
youwould clock in
he;she;itwould clock in
wewould clock in
youwould clock in
theywould clock in

Perfect

Iwould have clocked in
youwould have clocked in
he;she;itwould have clocked in
wewould have clocked in
youwould have clocked in
theywould have clocked in

Imperative

youclock in
weLet's clock in
youclock in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam clocking in
youare clocking in
he;she;itis clocking in
weare clocking in
youare clocking in
theyare clocking in

Perfect

Ihave been clocking in
youhave been clocking in
he;she;ithas been clocking in
wehave been clocking in
youhave been clocking in
theyhave been clocking in

Past

Iwas clocking in
youwere clocking in
he;she;itwas clocking in
wewere clocking in
youwere clocking in
theywere clocking in

Pluperfect

Ihad been clocking in
youhad been clocking in
he;she;ithad been clocking in
wehad been clocking in
youhad been clocking in
theyhad been clocking in

Future

Iwill be clocking in
youwill be clocking in
he;she;itwill be clocking in
wewill be clocking in
youwill be clocking in
theywill be clocking in

Future Perfect

Iwill have been clocking in
youwill have been clocking in
he;she;itwill have been clocking in
wewill have been clocking in
youwill have been clocking in
theywill have been clocking in

Conditional

Present

Iwould be clocking in
youwould be clocking in
he;she;itwould be clocking in
wewould be clocking in
youwould be clocking in
theywould be clocking in

Perfect

Iwould have been clocking in
youwould have been clocking in
he;she;itwould have been clocking in
wewould have been clocking in
youwould have been clocking in
theywould have been clocking in

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'clock'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'clock'

block, chock, clack, cleck, click, cloak, clonk, cluck, cock, crock,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to establish the identity of someone or something
ID, identify, ken, notice, recognize, twig
to pay attention to with one’s eyes
behold, geek, kool, look, regard, squizz, take a butcher's, take a dekko, take a gander, vada, view
to catch sight of something; to take notice (visually)
catch sight of, decern, descry, espy, goam, ken, make out, spot, spy

Additional Information

Etymology

First use appears c. 1370. From Middle English clokke, clok, cloke (“clock”), from Middle Dutch clocke (“bell, clock”), from Old Dutch *klokka, from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell, clock, cloak”), probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch (“bell”), Old Irish cloc (“bell, clock”)), either onomatopoeic or from Proto-Indo-European *klek- (“to laugh, cackle”) (compare Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną (“to laugh”)). Cognate with Old English clucge (“bell”), Saterland Frisian Klokke (“bell, clock”), Dutch klok (“clock, bell”), Low German Klock (“bell, clock”), German Glocke (“bell”), Danish and Norwegian klokke (“clock, bell”), Faroese klokka (“clock, bell”), Icelandic klukka (“clock, bell”), Swedish klocka (“clock, bell”), Asturian llueca (“cowbell”), Galician and Portuguese choca (“cowbell”), Doublet of cloak and cloche. See: Proto-Germanic '*hlahjaną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'Klokke', Faroese 'klokka', Icelandic 'klukka', Swedish 'klocka'.

Sample Sentences

  • He was clocked at 155 miles per hour.
  • Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat. [1996, Jon Byrell, Lairs, Urgers and Coat-Tuggers, Sydney: Ironbark, page 186:]
  • When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him.
  • Clock the wheels on that car!
  • It is true. Carmen is an official gold digger. In fact, she is an instructor at the school of gold digging. Hood rats have been clocking her style for years. Wanting to pull the players she pulled, and wishing they had the looks she had. [2005, Jr. Aaron Bryant, Cupid Is Stupid, page 19:]
  • Cut to the pub on a lads night out, / Man at the bar cos it was his shout, / Clocks this bird and she looks OK, / Caught him looking and she walks his way, [2006, Lily Allen, “Knock 'Em Out”:]
  • First it was only when I was with him—we would pass a pretty girl, I would notice her first, and my eyes would dart to his to see him clock her. [2021, Megan Nolan, Acts of Desperation, Random House, →ISBN:]
  • He made it to ten yards away. Still they hadn't clocked him. Five yards. He felt increasingly confident about grabbing the actual thief, even if it meant letting the other lad get away. Both were pretty scrawny kids, although the other one was quite a bit older, maybe twenty,[…] [2021 July 1, Nick Oldham, Scarred, Severn House Publishers Ltd, →ISBN:]
  • I had just long enough at Lancaster to clock another plaque to a great Victorian railway engineer, Joseph Locke (1805-60). [2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Lancaster (1860)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 58:]
  • I'd already clocked her as someone who couldn't reliably be believed when she spoke. And now this too!
  • Bo John and I twisted our heads around as Miranda braked over to the gravelly shoulder, let the Scout wheeze to a stop. She was climbing out, hurrying back to whatever had caught her eye. Bo John leered into the door mirror, clocking her flouncing, leggy strut. [2000, Phil Austin, Naugahide Days: The Lost Island Stories of Thomas Wood Briar, page 109:]
  • Once my transition was complete I considered moving to London, where I felt there was less chance of being clocked and a larger support network.
  • Jaz said that the palpitations of fear he used to experience at the prospect of being publicly outed in the gurdwara dissipated after he clocked other gay Sikhs in there, even one who professed a Jat caste identity, he said – Jatness being associated with stereotypical dominant macho masculinity. He reflected that this was a major factor in his rapprochement with his[…] [2018 September 14, Nicola Frost, Tom Selwyn, Travelling towards Home: Mobilities and Homemaking, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 23:]
  • Consuella Lopez, the director of operations and housing at Casa Ruby, remembers. "The more passable your body was, the less bullying you'd get, the more chances of you getting a regular job at a regular place without somebody clocking you." [2019 September 1, Dani Nett, “For Trans Women, Silicone 'Pumping' Can Be A Blessing And A Curse”, in NPR:]
  • Jess was a sixty-something, short, White, bald man who could easily be "clocked" as gay. [2022 February 1, Townsand Price-Spratlen, Addiction Recovery and Resilience: Faith-based Health Services in an African American Community, State University of New York Press, →ISBN:]
  • Quarantine had thrown a new wrench "do not perceive me" discourse, but trans people have arguably always had a messy relationship to being perceived. We avoid it, and yet we also juice our lives to be seen. Getting clocked feels bad, but being hot feels good. [2022 March 1, Charlie Markbreiter, “"Other Trans People Make Me Dysphoric": Trans Assimilation and Cringe”, in The New Inquiry:]
  • I don't believe that car has done only 40,000 miles. It's been clocked.
  • Have you clocked that game yet?
  • Did you hear what she said about my outfit? She kind of clocked me.
  • You clocked, that guy is always running his mouth.
  • Its always a good day when I can clock someone using the (made up word) "unlessen". I just...ch... [2013 April 30, @NICKIMINAJ, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 03 Dec 2025:]
  • not ariana getting her ass clocked on the set of victorious [2020 November 11, @BhadDhad, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 03 Dec 2025:]
  • she just clocked all these mediocre men [2025 September 23, @buffys, X (post), archived from the original on 03 Dec 2025:]