(writing) A literary device in which the protagonist has a strict time limit, used to heighten tension. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tick, clock.

present participle of clock out

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clock out

Alternative form of clockstar

A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5291).

(dated, colloquial) Synonym of laughing kookaburra

plural of bushman's clock

(dated, informal) Synonym of laughing kookaburra

plural of settler's clock

(dated, informal) Synonym of laughing kookaburra