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1clockwork — /klok werrk /, n. 1. the mechanism of a clock. 2. any mechanism similar to that of a clock. 3. like clockwork, with perfect regularity or precision: The launching of the spacecraft went off like clockwork. [1620 30; CLOCK1 + WORK] * * * …
2clockwork — /ˈklɒkwɜk / (say klokwerk) noun 1. the mechanism of a clock. 2. any mechanism similar to that of a clock. –phrase 3. like clockwork, with perfect regularity or precision: *She pays at the end of the month like clockwork. –louis stone, 1911 …
3Clockwork universe theory — World machine redirects here. For the album by Level 42, see World Machine. Tim Wetherell s Clockwork Universe sculpture at Questacon, Canberra, Australia (2009) The clockwork universe theory compares the universe to a mechanical clock wound up… …
4clockwork — noun Date: 1628 1. the inner workings of something 2. the machinery (as springs and a train of gears) that run a clock; also a similar mechanism running a mechanical device (as a toy) 3. the precision, regularity, or …
5like clockwork — adverb with regularity and precision the rocket launch went off like clockwork • Usage Domain: ↑idiom, ↑idiomatic expression, ↑phrasal idiom, ↑set phrase, ↑phrase * * * like clockwork As smoothly as if driven by clockwork • • …
6like clockwork — adverb With perfect regularity and precision; faultless. You will find him there waiting for the bus every day at 4:14 pm, like clockwork …
7like clockwork — idi with perfect regularity or precision …
8clock·work — /ˈklɑːkˌwɚk/ noun [noncount] 1 : the system of moving wheels inside something (such as a clock or an old fashioned toy) that makes its parts move the clockwork inside a mechanical toy soldier 2 used to describe something that happens or works in… …
9The Green Table — is the masterpiece of German choreographer Kurt Jooss, and his most popular work, depicting the futility of peace negotiations of the 1930 s. It was the first play to be fully notated using kinetography Laban (Labanotation).It is in the… …
10Ives Manufacturing Company — The Ives Manufacturing Company, an American toy manufacturer from 1868 to 1932, was the largest manufacturer of toy trains in the United States from 1910 until 1924, when Lionel Corporation overtook it in sales.Ives was founded in Plymouth,… …
