time clock

noun

: a clock that stamps starting and quitting times on an employee's time card

Examples of time clock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Besides the fact that Eldridge spent all of nine games at Double-A, there’s no reason to get a head start on his service time clock while occupying a 40-man spot that could be used to protect another prospect from the Rule 5 draft this winter. —Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2024

The main thing that sets this revival apart from past revivals (besides Marianne Elliott’s consummate directing), is the gender switch from Bobby, a swinging sixties bachelor, to Bobbie, a less-swinging single whose biological time clock is getting louder. —Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024

Hennig said this was a joke about being diligent in enforcing Money Metals’ time clock rules. —Elena Gastaldo, Idaho Statesman, 11 July 2024

Since the pandemic, fewer people work regularly in an office than ever, but even those who do probably wouldn’t recognize most of the sounds on this record: time clock, dictation, opening letters, and whatever the hell Thermofaxes, check protectors, and addressographs were. —Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

time clock

noun

: a clock that stamps an employee's starting and quitting times on his or her time card