CLOCKWORK


Meaning of CLOCKWORK in English

/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; CLOCK 1 + WORK ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .