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clocking

clocking

1 5.7
Time taken to complete a race or timed course
  • noun
  • /ˈklɑːkɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tiempo registrado
  • This will be the first sub 2:02 clocking, and by a monstrous margin, he is going to break the world record.
  • clocking of 22.95 seconds

Examples

  • Her fastest clocking of 39.98 seconds in the 400-meter dash still holds the national record.

  • He achieved a personal best with a clocking of 22.90 seconds during the final of the NCAA championships.

  • At the marathon, her impressive clocking of 2:30:45 secured her a top finish in the competition.

How Fast

record
∞ 3.2
personal best
11 3.5
clocking
  • Specialized
1 5.7

Surface Forms

clocking singular
clockings plural

Morphology

clocking = clock (transparent) = clock + ing

A regular nominalization/gerund formed from the verb 'clock' meaning a measured time or measurement.

Etymology

Clocking comes from clock, a device for measuring 'time' that was first named after a bell used to mark the hours. So a runner's clocking is the recorded 'time' it took them to finish.