Clockwork
[klok-wurk] /ˈklɒkˌwɜrk/
noun
1.
the mechanism of a .
2.
any mechanism similar to that of a .
Idioms
3.
like clockwork, with perfect regularity or precision:
The launching of the spacecraft went off like clockwork.
/ˈklɒkˌwɜːk/
noun
1.
the mechanism of a clock
2.
any similar mechanism, as in a wind-up toy
3.
like clockwork, with complete regularity and precision
n.
also clock-work, 1660s, “mechanism of a clock,” from clock (n.1) + work (n.). Figurative sense of “anything of unvarying regularity” is recorded earlier (1620s).
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