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Melody played to mark the passage of time
A clock chime is a melody or a set of melodies played at intervals upon a set of bells to mark the passage of time. It is also the name of the installed
Clock_chime
Clock chime melody
sequence was incorporated into a tower clock mechanism by E. Howard & Co., Boston, Massachusetts. The clock and chime in Trinity's steeple base was dedicated
Westminster_Quarters
Clock chime melody
Whittington chimes, also called St. Mary's, are a family of clock chime melodies associated with St Mary-le-Bow church in London, which is related to
Whittington_chimes
Clock tower in London, England
clock are 22.5 feet (6.9 m) in diameter. The clock uses its original mechanism and was the largest and most accurate four-faced striking and chiming clock
Big_Ben
Clock that sounds the time with a bell or gong
standard. In addition to striking on the hour, many striking clocks play sequences of chimes on the quarter-hours. The most common sequence is Westminster
Striking_clock
Town hall at the northern part of Marienplatz in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
desired to have Jewish participation in a German clock chime at the time. In 1908, the clock chime was completed, but was officially operational on 18
New_Town_Hall_(Munich)
Clock powered by a steam engine
the clock displays the time on four faces and announces the quarter hours with a whistle chime that plays the Westminster Quarters. The clock produces
Steam_clock
Topics referred to by the same term
which chimes derives, used for Greek and medieval instruments Chimes, the sounds produced by a striking clock to announce the hours Bar chimes (also known
Chime
Tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock
clock (also a longcase clock, tall-case clock, grandfather's clock, hall clock or floor clock) is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock,
Grandfather_clock
single chime bell, while cymbalum refers to a group of bells (a bell chime). Chimes, which today are bells and bell sounds (such as clock chimes) derives
Cymbalum
Percussion instrument
ringing. Some bells are used as musical instruments, such as carillons, (clock) chimes, agogô, or ensembles of bell-players, called bell choirs, using hand-held
Bell
Musical instrument of bells in the percussion family
played with an Ellacombe apparatus. A Chime is often automated, in the past with mechanical drums connected to clocks and in the present with electronic
Chime_(bell_instrument)
Bell in a church
against the Turks.[dubious – discuss] Some churches have a clock chime which uses a turret clock to broadcast the time by striking the hours and sometimes
Church_bell
Historic clock on the Spasskaya Tower
The Kremlin Clock (Russian: Кремлёвские часы, romanized: Kremlyovskiye chasy) or Kremlin Chimes (Russian: Кремлёвские куранты, romanized: Kremlyovskiye
Kremlin_Clock
Clock designed to keep time for 10,000 years
from 01999 to 02000, and the chime struck twice. The manufacture and site construction of the first full-scale prototype clock is being funded by Jeff Bezos's
Clock_of_the_Long_Now
1986 single by Lou Sern
recreation of the Westminster Quarters clock chime can be heard. The single was backed with the track "Cuckoo Clock (Instrumental)". Although the song was
Swiss_Boy
tower is known as a turret clock which often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding large bells or chimes, sometimes playing simple
List_of_clock_towers
1876 song by Henry Clay Work
at the end of each week. The clock seems to know the good and bad events in the grandfather's life; it rings 24 chimes when the grandfather brings his
My_Grandfather's_Clock
Medieval astronomical clock in the Czech Republic
website The Astronomical Clock of Prague – video with details about the clock on YouTube Video of the clock's hourly chime on YouTube Orloj – 600th Anniversary
Prague_astronomical_clock
Complication in a mechanical watch or clock
A repeater is a complication in a mechanical watch or clock that chimes the hours and often minutes at the press of a button. There are many types of
Repeater_(horology)
Clock, art installation in New York City
the Delacorte Clock plays an automated parade of the animals paired and a chime melody from a nursery rhyme or seasonal song. The clock, maintained by
Delacorte_Clock
Instrument for measuring, keeping or indicating time
a repeating mechanism employing the rack and snail. The repeating clock, that chimes the number of hours (or even minutes) on demand was invented by either
Clock
Grade I listed cathedral in England
minster hold bells, clock chimes and a concert carillon. The north-west tower contains Great Peter (216 cwt or 10.8 tons) and the six clock bells (the largest
York_Minster
Municipal building in Manchester, England
The clock bell, Great Abel, named after Abel Heywood, weighs 8 tons 2.5 cwt and four of 12 ringing bells are used for the Westminster Clock Chime. Its
Manchester_Town_Hall
Bells rung in schools
"Clock Chime Tunes, Antique Clocks Guy Reference Library. Antique Clocks Guy - Brokers of Antique Clocks. Always the highest quality antique clocks available"
School_bell
Type of clock
Madrasah in Baghdad. From the 14th century, some clock towers in Western Europe were also capable of chiming at a fixed time every day; the earliest of these
Alarm_clock
Clock that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo's call
contained a chiming clock with a moving bird, a cuckoo announcing every quarter of an hour which he described as "a beautiful chiming clock, inside a cuckoo
Cuckoo_clock
Church in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
always the tenor or bourdon. 5 of the 10 bells work for the clock which play a unique clock chime, each stroke of the 4 bells in order represents a quarter-hour
Trier_Cathedral
Church in Kent, England
contains the cathedral's clock chime. The five-quarter chimes were taken from the old peal of twelve in the Oxford Tower (where the clock was originally), and
Canterbury_Cathedral
1973 song by Pink Floyd
various interviews. It is noted for its long introductory passage of clocks chiming and alarms ringing. The sounds were recorded in an antique store made
Time_(Pink_Floyd_song)
Building in Coventry Street, London
stalls took over the commercial spaces from the late nineties. The clock's chimes were last played on 21 September 2007, and the centre was demolished
Swiss_Centre,_London
Cathedral in Kaliningrad, Russia
In 1995, a new clock was put in place. The clock has four bells (1,180 kg, 700 kg, 500 kg & 200 kg), all cast in 1995. The clock chimes every quarter of
Königsberg_Cathedral
Astronomical clock in Münster Cathedral, Germany
cathedral's east end, the clock is one of the few existing monumental clocks which turns anti-clockwise. The chimes inside the clock (10 bells, tonal range
Münster_astronomical_clock
College of the University of Cambridge, in England
double-striking clock was installed in the 17th century by its then-Master, Richard Bentley, a former student of St John's, who dictated that the clock chime once
St_John's_College,_Cambridge
Set of clocks that synchronized to same time
the slave clocks on pairs of wires. The devices driven could be wall clocks, employee time clocks, tower clocks and occasionally clock chiming mechanisms
Clock_network
Timekeeping mobile app
Clock is a timekeeping mobile app available since the initial launch of the iPhone and iPhone OS 1 in 2007, with a version later released for iPads with
Clock_(Apple)
Musical instrument of bells
commissioned by several Dutch cities to maintain and make improvements to their clock chimes and carillons. He was particularly interested in the sounds of bells
Carillon
Way to keep track of tennis matches
minutes and a minute indicator and chimed every quarter hour. Likewise, the clock erected in 1389 at Rouen, France, chimed every fifteen minutes. By the end
Tennis_scoring_system
2020 American psychological horror film
Blumhouse film series. A girl is playing the violin, until a grandfather clock chimes, and she jumps off the balcony. Juliet and Vivian Lowe are twin sisters
Nocturne_(2020_film)
City in Tasmania, Australia
that dates back to the 1880s, with a clock tower added in the early twentieth century. The GPO clock chime chimes every quarter-hour, twenty-four hours
Launceston,_Tasmania
Natural number
(abbreviated 4/7 in the U.S.). In the early 2010s, the college's clock tower was set up to chime on the 47th minute of the hour. Late rapper Capital Steez was
47_(number)
Former American clock manufacturer
3-1915; Unique 1; Unique No. 1; Verdi; Washington; Weldon; Westminster 416 WC; Westminster Chime C "Sessions Clock Company". British Museum. Clock Lore
Sessions_Clock
Barnacle, Sarah (2025-09-21). "Worcester County Wonders: New England's largest cuckoo clock chimes in Sturbridge". Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Worcester.
List_of_largest_cuckoo_clocks
1995 film by Brad Silberling
to the afterlife instead of becoming a ghost. Amelia departs as the clock chimes ten, promising James that they and Kat will be together again one day
Casper_(film)
Church in Birmingham, England
restore the clock, chime and bells and to illuminate the clock dial at night. There were four bells in 1552, together with a clock and chime. Six bells
St_Martin_in_the_Bull_Ring
Death of the second Soviet leader
observed nationwide at noon Moscow time. As the bells of the Kremlin Clock chimed the hour, sirens and horns wailed nationwide, along with a 21-gun salute
Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin
Death_and_state_funeral_of_Joseph_Stalin
Chime on the campus of Cornell University
Cornell Chimes is a 21-bell chime in McGraw Tower on the central campus of Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, United States. The chime originally
Cornell_Chimes
1968 American animated short film
Heart (the medal for those wounded or killed in combat) as a single clock chime is heard. The cartoon fades out by having the statue crack into pieces
Escalation (1968 American film)
Escalation_(1968_American_film)
Clock that marks time with a musical tune
musical clock is a clock that marks the hours of the day with a musical tune. They can be considered elaborate versions of striking or chiming clocks. Elaborate
Musical_clock
Church in Lübeck, Germany
astrological signs), the date of Easter, and the golden number. At noon, the clock chimes and a procession of figures passes in front of the figure of Christ,
St._Mary's_Church,_Lübeck
Skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
2022. Retrieved March 13, 2020. National Park Service 1995, p. 16. "Clock Chimes Silent; Bells Removed During Change in Metropolitan Life Tower". The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower
Metropolitan_Life_Insurance_Company_Tower
Architectural structure housing a clock
bells or chimes, sometimes playing simple musical phrases or tunes. Some clock towers were previously built as Bell towers and then had clocks added to
Clock_tower
Clock regulated by a pendulum
of the hour. Some clocks will also signal the half hour with a single strike. More elaborate types, technically called chiming clocks, strike on the quarter
Pendulum_clock
Historic pendulum clock
the hour twice, first on a low note (the "Trinity" chime) and then a higher one (the "St John's" chime). This peculiarity was noted by William Wordsworth
Trinity_College_Clock
Clock tower in India
October 2010. Finally, on 13 September 2011, they made the giant clock tower chime, after a silence of 27 long years. "Ghanta Ghar Lucknow". National
Husainabad_Clock_Tower
Mexican clock manufacturer
carillons. This clocks chimes a variety of tunes. The clock is the first of its type and has become a symbol for the town. In 1993, the clock museum was inaugurated
Relojes_Centenario
2015 film by Kenneth Branagh
fall deeper in love. However, before she can tell him her name, the clock chimes close to midnight, and she flees the palace, losing one of her glass
Cinderella (2015 American film)
Cinderella_(2015_American_film)
Anglican cathedral in Hertfordshire, England
previous ring, 8 of which still remain in the tower and are used for the clock chime and carillon; the carillon plays a different tune every day of the week
St_Albans_Cathedral
Monument in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
government moved the bell inside the Clock Tower in 2010. On 9 December 2021, the use of the Clock Tower's bell chimes was resumed. From this point, the
Clock_Tower,_Hong_Kong
Town in Wales
Souvenir", 1958 Birt, Elizabeth (4 February 2020). "Historic Tredegar Town Clock chiming again after expert repairs". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 15 April 2025
Tredegar
Office building located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
chiming clock in the world. In fact, that title has belonged to the Minneapolis City Hall clock since 1909. Each hour hand of the Allen-Bradley Clock
Rockwell Automation Headquarters and Allen-Bradley Clock Tower
Rockwell_Automation_Headquarters_and_Allen-Bradley_Clock_Tower
Grade II listed landmark in Kent, England
Harlem Shake in the Clock Tower Plaza. The Clock Tower gained its own Twitter account in 2013. On 4 May 2013, when the clock chimed 2pm, a geocaching flash
Clock_Tower,_Herne_Bay
Bell foundry based in Loughborough
1784. The company manufactures bells for use in clock towers, rings of bells for change ringing, chimes, and carillons. In 2005, Taylor's merged with Eayre
John_Taylor_&_Co
the same year. These issues resulted in the clock being referred to as the "Time in the Slime" or the "Chime in the Slime". The Dublin-based architects
Millennium_Clock,_Dublin
Neighbourhood in Vancouver, Canada
instead of bells to produce the Westminster "chime" and to signal the time. In October 2014, the clock was temporarily removed for major repairs by its
Gastown
Soviet and Russian actor
Yanshin played in a specially staged for them famous play "Solo for Clock Chime" based on the play by Osvald Zahradník (1973). In 1983, he played Pontius
Mark_Prudkin
Retrieved 2020-06-15. "About | Cornell Chimes". chimes.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-16. "The 10 Tallest University Clock Towers - Best College Reviews". www
List_of_tallest_clock_towers
Historic site in Hyderabad, India
Banda clock tower all set to chime once again in city". The Siasat Daily. 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2020-11-06. "Shah Ali Banda clock tower to chime again"
Shah_Ali_Banda_Clock_Tower
Clock tower at Stanford University
result of a student prank.) In 1983 the clock and chimes were rehoused in the current clock tower. The clock mechanism still needs to be hand-cranked
Stanford_Clock_Tower
Grammar of the Arabic language
Cairo Radio Music Program network opening of the transmission with clock chime of Cairo University". September 1987. Retrieved 22 January 2022. Wright
Arabic_grammar
Television series
the clock for "Chime Time", when the clock is to strike and chime the hour; should they fail to make it back to the clock before then, the clock will
Tickety_Toc
List of clocks with the largest faces
permanent working clocks with the largest faces in the world. Entries include all clocks with faces at least 4 m (13 ft) in diameter. Clocks can be located
List_of_largest_clock_faces
Day honouring military casualties of war
Armistice Day." The programme starts with a close up of the Big Ben clock chiming 11 and then the programme shows different parts of the world observing
Remembrance_Day
Shopping arcade in Perth, Western Australia
at each end. At the Hay Street end at the first storey level, a large clock chimes every quarter-hour, half-hour and on the hour. Four mechanised knights
London_Court
2010 video game
Chime is a 2010 music and puzzle video game developed by Zoë Mode, released initially on the Xbox Live Arcade service, and later for Windows. An extended
Chime_(video_game)
Clocks with visible inner workings
power the strike. Tall case clocks most often had a time and strike train, later a chime train was added. A skeleton clock would utilize a passing strike
Skeleton_clock
English indie rock band
(2019), UK No. 71 Songs of Consumption (2019) "Left Myself Behind b/w Clock Chime" (2011), Heavenly "Motoring b/w When I Went Back" (April 2012), Heavenly
Toy_(English_band)
United States historic place
pedestal-type, memorial chime clock. The metal object consisting of a base, plinth, and column topped by a copper and glass clock was manufactured by the
Copake_Memorial_Clock
Opera by George Gershwin
and a crab man each pass by with their wares ("Vendors' Trio"). As the clock chimes five, Bess recovers from her fever. Porgy tells Bess that he knows she
Porgy_and_Bess
Municipal building in London, England
feet (41 m) high clock tower which is a local landmark. The clock and bells were made by Gillett & Johnston of Croydon; the clock chimes out every 15 minutes
Lambeth_Town_Hall
Metalworks in various locations in the UK
found throughout the world. Some of their notable bells including the clock chime at the Houses of Parliament, were cast at their foundry in Jewin Crescent
John_Warner_&_Sons
English clockmaker and bell foundry
"Boston Church Bells and Chime". The Builder. XXVI (1350): 932–933. Pickford, Chris, ed. (1995). Turret Clocks: Lists of Clocks from Makers' Catalogues
Gillett_&_Johnston
Trademark jingle used by NBC
NBC chimes The three notes of the NBC chimes. Problems playing this file? See media help. The NBC chimes are a sequence of three tones played on National
NBC_chimes
Capital and largest city of Hidalgo, Mexico
influences. The Spanish Baroque style Reloj Monumental (Monumental Clock) chimes to the tune of Big Ben, and was financed by Francis Rule. The city's
Pachuca
Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer
were Patek Philippe watches. In particular, Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010 currently holds the title of the most expensive watch (and
Patek_Philippe
1948 film by John Farrow
thriller, writing, "When you hear the musical chime at the end of this ticking review of The Big Clock, it will be exactly the time for all devotees of
The_Big_Clock_(film)
Popular children's song
common modern version is: Hickory dickory dock. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory dickory dock. Other variants
Hickory_Dickory_Dock
Church in Wolverhampton, England
H-frame with new fittings throughout. The clock chime was connected to the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 8th and the clock generally rearranged. They were rung for
St_Peter's_Collegiate_Church
Action horror film by James Isaac
is shot to death by Rachel. Varek wakes up and bites Timothy, but the clock chimes midnight. He is struck by Rachel and knocked to the ground. As Rachel
Skinwalkers_(2006_film)
Seat of the South African Government
this serves to represent the union of a formerly divided people. The clock chimes are identical to those of Big Ben in London. The east and west wings
Union_Buildings
25th episode of the 2nd season of The Twilight Zone
as a threat, has severely damaged the club's esteem for him. As the clock chimes to officially signal that the one year has passed, Tennyson emerges to
The Silence (The Twilight Zone)
The_Silence_(The_Twilight_Zone)
1945 musical by Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
in the same way as Lucy Schmeeler, casting doubt on his claim. As the clock chimes six, the sailors prepare to get back on the ship. Just then, the girls
On_the_Town_(musical)
Typical military parades
and mobile columns. At 10am, following the playing of a recording of clock chimes, and as the massed bands of the Military Music Department of the General
Victory_Day_parades
Landmark in Halifax, Nova Scotia
especially ones which played music or rang chimes, such as music boxes, toy organs, mechanical singing birds, and clocks and watches of a wide variety. It was
Halifax_Town_Clock
Minor basilica in Bogotá, Colombia
given that the clock would arrive seven years later. The bell sound system consists of external hammers striking them to produce the chimes, which are activated
Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Bogotá
Basilica_of_the_Sacred_Heart_of_Jesus,_Bogotá
1943 Donald Duck cartoon
awoken by his pickelhaube-wearing alarm clock at 4 a.m. He smashes the clock with his fist. His cuckoo clock chimes with a Hitler-esque bird, only for Donald
Der_Fuehrer's_Face
1910 short comedy by George Bernard Shaw
terrace of the Palace at Whitehall, overlooking the Thames. The Palace clock chimes four quarters and strikes eleven." The Man arrives at Whitehall where
The_Dark_Lady_of_the_Sonnets
Death custom
Remembrance Sunday and is televised with a close up image of the Big Ben clock chiming 11 and the buglers sounding the Last Post at 11:02 UTC. In Australia
Moment_of_silence
Bell and clock tower in Ottawa, Canada
inactive at 7:28 for about one day. Beginning in 2022, the Peace Tower clock chimes and carillon will remain silent until about 2027, as the entire carillon
Peace_Tower
Clock tower in Shipley, England
to Shipley as well as Saltaire. In July 2009, the clock tower was refurbished, setting it to chime on time, and it was additionally lit professionally
Shipley_Clock_Tower
CLOCK CHIME
CLOCK CHIME
Girl/Female
Muslim
Clock
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Little cloak.
Biblical
a flock
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly a nickname for someone with thick curly hair, from Old French floc ‘stable of wool’. Alternatively, it may be a metonymic occupational name for a shepherd, from Old English flocc ‘herd’, ‘company’.German : unexplained.German (Flöck) : variant of Flück (see Fluck), or from a pet form of a personal name formed with Old Saxon flÅd ‘flood’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : see Cleek.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Klick, Jewish Glick, or German and Jewish Glück (see Gluck).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a locksmith, from Middle English, Old English loc ‘lock’, ‘fastening’.English : topographic name for someone who lived near an enclosure, a place that could be locked, Middle English loke, Old English loca (a derivative of loc as in 1). Middle English loke also came to be used to denote a barrier, in particular a barrier on a river which could be opened and closed at will, and, by extension, a bridge. The surname may thus also have been a metonymic occupational name for a lock-keeper.English, Dutch, and German : nickname for a person with fine hair, or curly hair, from Middle English loc, Middle High German lock(e) ‘lock (of hair)’, ‘curl’.Americanized spelling of German Loch.
Boy/Male
Biblical Hebrew
A flock.
Girl/Female
Arabic
Lock; Awesome
Boy/Male
Indian, Malayalam
Clock
Boy/Male
Basque, Biblical, French, German, Hebrew
A Flock; Herd
Girl/Female
German, Hebrew, Irish
Flock of Sheep
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Clock
Boy/Male
British, English, Irish
Woods; Fortified Place; Bright; Radiant
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on a small plot of land, from Middle English plocke ‘small piece of ground’.Americanized spelling of German Ploch.Variant of German Block.
Boy/Male
Indian
Latch, Door lock
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from Middle High German bloch, Middle Dutch blok ‘block of wood’, ‘stocks’. The surname probably originated as a nickname for a large, lumpish man, or perhaps as a nickname for a persistent lawbreaker who found himself often in the stocks.English : possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone who blocks, as in shoemaking and bookbinding, from Middle English blok ‘block’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Americanized spelling of Bloch (see Vlach).Adriaen Coertsz Block was a Dutch-born merchant-explorer who traded along the CT coast and Long Island shortly after Hudson’s voyage to the region in 1609. Block Island, between the north fork of Long Island and RI, which he used as a base of operations, is named after him.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name Clac, which is from Old English Clacc or the Old Norse cognate Klakkr. As a personal name this is from a word meaning ‘lump’ and may have been used as a nickname for a large or thickset man. Reaney suggests that it could also be from clacker ‘chatterer’.
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Of God's flock.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Krock.English
Americanized spelling of German Krock.English : perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a potter, from Middle English crock ‘pot’.
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Of God's flock.
CLOCK CHIME
CLOCK CHIME
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places, for example in North Yorkshire and Gloucestershire, named Bentham, from Old English beonet ‘bent grass’ + hÄm ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Greater, Bigger, Senior
Girl/Female
Irish
A contemporary name ean + the diminutive -in means “little bird.â€
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Little Bear
Boy/Male
Native American
Feathered water snake.
Boy/Male
Celtic Scottish
Rock.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Comparison
Female
Hebrew
(×›Ö¼Ö·×œÖ¼Ö¸× Ö´×™×ª) Hebrew name for the Anemone coronaria native to the Mediterranean region, derived from the word kalanit, KALANIT means "poppy anemone."
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Pure; Holy
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
God Kartikeya
CLOCK CHIME
CLOCK CHIME
CLOCK CHIME
CLOCK CHIME
CLOCK CHIME
v. t.
To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast.
v. t.
To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.
v. t.
To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
n.
To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
v. i.
To give off crock or smut.
v. t. & i.
To call, as a hen. See Cluck.
v. t.
To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc.
v. t.
To flock to; to crowd.
v. t.
A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.
v. t.
To move with the sound of a click.
v. t.
To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc.
n.
The hammer in the lock of a firearm.
v. t.
To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock.
n.
A click. See 3d Click, 2.
n.
A lock of wool or hair.
adv.
Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
n.
The striking of a clock.
n.
The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.
v. t.
To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.