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Definition: Alarm Clock |
Alarm ClockNoun1. A clock that wakes sleeper at preset time. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Alarm ClockSynonym: alarm (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instantaneity | Clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio; watch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch; atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock; chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph; repeater; timekeeper, timepiece; dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra; ghurry. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Alarm Clock |
| English words defined with "alarm clock": break. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "alarm clock": ADJUSTER, ALARM MECHANISM, ASSEMBLER, MOVEMENT ♦ Oblivion ♦ SET-KEY DRIVER. (references) |
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Screenplays | That's nothing - my alarm clock is set for eight (A Night at the Opera; writing credit: James Kevin McGuinness; George S. Kaufman) Edith, go set the alarm clock for 1997 (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) Therefore, you're currently responsible for the great alarm clock slaughter of 2002 (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Alarm Clock Andy (1920) Ethel's Deadly Alarm Clock (1915) | |
Song Titles | Incense and Peppermints (performing artist: Strawberry Alarm Clock) | |
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Health | Circadian rhythms can be affected to some degree by almost any kind of external time cue, such as the beeping of your alarm clock, the clatter of a garbage truck, or the timing of your meals. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "alarm clock": travel alarm clock. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "alarm clock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | wekker (alarm, alarmclock). (various references) | |
Albanian | orë me zile (timer). (various references) | |
Arabic | ساعة منبهة (reawakening), المنبه (repeater, stimulant, stimulus, watch box). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | будилник (alarm, alarum). (various references) | |
Czech | budík. (various references) | |
Danish | vækkeur (alarm, alarmclock). (various references) | |
French | réveil-matin (alarm, alarmclock), réveille-matin (alarm), réveil (alarm, alarmclock), pendulette-réveil (alarm). (various references) | |
German | Wecker (alarm, alarmclock, alarmer). (various references) | |
Greek | ξυπνητήρι. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מעורר (arousing, awaking, excitor, stimulant, stirring), שעון מעורר. (various references) | |
Hungarian | vekker (alarum), ébresztőóra (alarum). (various references) | |
Indonesian | beker (cup, trophy). (various references) | |
Italian | sveglia (alarm, alarmclock, reveille, wake-up, waking up). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 目覚し時計 , 目覚まし時計 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | めざましどけい, めざましとけい. (various references) | |
Manx | clag dooishtee (alarum). (various references) | |
Maya | pil-ich. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alarmay ockclay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | despertador (alarmclock). (various references) | |
Romanian | deşteptãtor (alarum, awakening, call bell). (various references) | |
Russian | будильник (alarm, alarmclock, snooze alarm). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | budilnik. (various references) | |
Spanish | despertador (caller, knocker-up). (various references) | |
Swedish | värckarklocka, väckarklocka (alarm, alarm-clock). (various references) | |
Turkish | çalar saat (alarm, alarmclock, striking clock). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | будильник. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-k-l-l-m-o-r" | |
-3 letters: armlock, caracol, cloacal, lockram. | |
-4 letters: amoral, calcar, carack, clamor, cloaca, collar, macaco. | |
-5 letters: acock, alack, alamo, alarm, aroma, cacao, calla, carol, carom, clack, claro, cloak, clock, coala, comal, coral, craal, crack, croak, crock, kalam, karma, koala, kraal, llama, local, loral, macro, makar, malar, molal, molar, moral. | |
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