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How to pronounce “clock”

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Pronunciation guide for clock

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of clock with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The 10,000 Year ClockBut surely they're best known for the 10,000 Year Clock,
Definition summary: A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.

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The 10,000 Year Clock

But surely they're best known for the 10,000 Year Clock,

[Noun]
A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
(attributive) A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.
(British) The odometer of a motor vehicle.
(electronics) An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
The seed head of a dandelion.
A time clock.
(computing, informal) A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.
(uncountable) A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.
(UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A watch (timepiece).
(slang) A face; the head.
[Verb]
(transitive) To measure the duration of.
(transitive) To measure the speed of.
(transitive, slang) To hit (someone) heavily.
(transitive, informal) To notice; to take notice of (someone or something).
(transitive, informal, with as) To recognize; to assess, register.
(transitive, informal) To identify (someone) as having some attribute (for example, being trans or gay).
(British, slang) To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
(transitive, British, New Zealand, Australia, slang) To beat a video game.
(ambitransitive, chiefly African-American Vernacular and LGBTQ slang) To expose or attack someone, typically in a targeted and insulting manner.