Alarm Definition–noun | 1. | a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright. | | 2. | any sound, outcry, or information intended to warn of approaching danger: Paul Revere raced through the countryside raising the alarm that the
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British were coming. | | 3. | an automatic device that serves to call attention, to rouse from sleep, or to warn of fire, smoke, an intruder, etc. | | 4. | a warning sound; signal for attention. | | 5. | Animal Behavior. any sound, outcry, chemical discharge, action, or other signal that functions to draw attention to a potential predator. | | 6. | Fencing. an appeal or a challenge made by a step or stamp on the ground with the advancing foot. | | 7. | Archaic. a call to arms. | –verb (used with object) | 8. | to make fearful or apprehensive; distress. | | 9. | to warn of danger; rouse to vigilance and swift measures for safety. | | 10. | to fit or equip with an alarm or alarms, as for fire, smoke, or robbery: to alarm one's house and garage. | |
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Clock Definition–noun | 1. | an instrument for measuring and recording time, esp. by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about. | | 3. | a meter or other device, as a speedometer or taximeter, for measuring and recording speed, distance covered, or other quantitative functioning. | | 5. | (initial capital letter ) Astronomy. the constellation Horologium. | | 6. | Computers. the circuit in a digital computer that provides a common reference
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train of electronic pulses for all other circuits. | –verb (used with object) | 7. | to time, test, or determine by means of a clock or watch: The racehorse was clocked at two minutes thirty seconds. | | 8. | Slang. to strike sharply or heavily: Somebody clocked him on the face. | —Verb phrases | 9. | clock in, to begin work, esp. by punching a time clock: She clocked in at 9 on the dot. | | 10. | clock out, to end work, esp. by punching a time clock: He clocked out early yesterday. | —Idioms | 11. | around the clock, | a. | during all 24 hours; ceaselessly. | | b. | without stopping for rest; tirelessly: working around the clock to stem the epidemic. | | | 12. | clean (someone's) clock, to defeat; vanquish. | | 13. | kill the clock, Sports. to use up as much game time as possible when one is winning, as to protect a lead in basketball, ice hockey, or football. Also, run out the clock. | | 14. | stop the clock, to postpone an official or legal deadline by ceasing to count the hours that elapse, as when a new union contract must be agreed upon before an old contract runs out. | |
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