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Past tense of clock

regular verb

The past tense of clock is clocked. The past participle is also clocked.

Forms of clock

Base form (V1)clock /klɒk/
Past tense (V2)clocked
Past participle (V3)clocked
Present participleclocking
Third person singularclocks

Clocked in a sentence

  • 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
  • We clocked in at 7:30, but didn't actually do any work until at least 8.From the entry clock in
  • Most of the staff have already clocked off for the night, you should do the same.From the entry clock off
  • I finished off all the outstanding orders before I clocked out.From the entry finish off

Meaning of clock

  1. noun A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
  2. noun A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.
  3. noun The odometer of a motor vehicle.

Full definition of clock

Questions about the past tense of clock

What is the past tense of clock?
The past tense of clock is clocked.
What is the past participle of clock?
The past participle of clock is clocked.
Is clock a regular or irregular verb?
Clock is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: clock (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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