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Definition of Around the clock
1. Adverb. Without stopping. "She worked around the clock"
Definition of Around the clock
1. Adverb. (context: duration idiomatic) All the time or seemingly all the time; constantly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Around The Clock
Literary usage of Around the clock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Child Study and Child Training by William Byron Forbush (1915)
"TOPIC V around the clock WITH A CHILD AT PLAY A study like this has been undertaken
before, at two different ages of childhood, and it may be hoped that the ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1890)
"By Miss Bennett, author of "All Around the Clock. ... Large 4to, $2.00 All Around
the Clock. From original drawings In color and ..."
3. Earthly Discords and how to Heal Them by Malcolm James McLeod (1903)
"The gambler came at last, but all was o'er; Dead silence reigned around. The clock
struck four. ... around The clock ..."
4. Basic Math Skills, Grade 2 by Jo Ellen Moore (2003)
"Count Around the Clock Name Each line on the clock stands for one minute.
Write the numbers around the clock. There are minutes in one hour. ..."
5. First Year in Number by Franklin Sherman Hoyt, Harriet E. Peet (1912)
"Count the minutes by 5's around the clock face. 3. Count the minutes by 5's a
quarter of the way around the clock face. 4. Count the minutes by 5's half-way ..."
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