clockwork


Definition: Meaning of, clockwork in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈklɒkwəːk /

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  1. British English clockwork toys, trains, soldiers etc have machinery inside them that makes them move when you turn a key
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  2. go/run like clockwork to happen in exactly the way you had planned
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  3. like clockwork also (as) regular as clockwork happening at the same time and in the same way every time
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  4. with clockwork precision/accuracy in an extremely exact way
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clockwork used in phrases

  • Clockwork Orange, A
    1. a novel written in 1962 by the British writer Anthony BURGESS, about a group of young men who live in a future time and behave in a very violent way. It was made into a film by Stanley KUBRICK in 1971, but he stopped allowing it to be shown in the UK because he believed that people were copying the violent actions of the actors in the film.
  • clockwork universe (noun)
    1. the view that the universe resembles a clock built by God and ticking along according to Newtonian mechanics
  • like clockwork (adverb)
    1. with regularity and precision
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