clockwork
/ˈklɒkwɜːk/noun
उच्चारण क्लॉक्वर्क
घड़ी-तंत्र
Core word
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machinery with wheels and springs, like that inside a clock
घड़ी-तंत्र
- like clockwork
- The toy robot is powered by clockwork and needs winding.
- The old clock still runs on clockwork.
+ 2 more examples
- The festival arrangements went off like clockwork.
- The toy car has a clockwork motor that you wind with a key.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
clockwork (noun)
The machinery of wheels and springs inside a clock or toy; uncountable.
घड़ी या खिलौने के भीतर पहियों और स्प्रिंग की मशीनरी; uncountable noun।
- The clockwork of the old watch needed oiling.
- He opened the toy to look at the clockwork.
clockwork + noun (adjective use)
Before a noun, it means worked by springs and wheels rather than a battery.
Noun से पहले इसका अर्थ बैटरी की जगह स्प्रिंग और पहियों से चलने वाला होता है।
- He wound up the clockwork mouse.
- A clockwork radio is useful in villages without electricity.
like clockwork (idiom)
Very regularly, smoothly and exactly as planned.
बहुत नियमित, सहज और ठीक योजना के अनुसार।
- The train arrives at seven like clockwork.
- The event ran like clockwork.
go/run like clockwork
With go, run or work, the idiom shows that something happens without trouble.
Go, run या work के साथ यह मुहावरा बताता है कि कुछ बिना परेशानी के चलता है।
- The new system worked like clockwork on the first day.
+Collocations 4
clockwork + noun
toymouseradiomechanismtrain
- The clockwork train ran around the track.
verb + clockwork
windrun onrepairfixtake apart
- He repaired the clockwork of the antique clock.
verb + like clockwork
gorunworkhappenarrive
- Her morning routine runs like clockwork.
with clockwork precision
with clockwork precisionwith clockwork regularityclockwork efficiencyclockwork orderclockwork timing
- The soldiers marched with clockwork precision.
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- My grandfather's gramophone runs on clockwork, not electricity.
मेरे दादाजी का ग्रामोफ़ोन बिजली से नहीं, स्प्रिंग-मशीनरी से चलता है।
- The wedding arrangements went like clockwork.
शादी की व्यवस्थाएँ बिलकुल घड़ी की तरह सटीक चलीं।
- Radhika's father leaves for work at nine every day like clockwork.
राधिका के पिता रोज़ ठीक नौ बजे घड़ी की तरह काम पर निकलते हैं।
- The child was delighted when the clockwork bird began to hop.
जब चाबी वाला पक्षी कूदने लगा तो बच्चा खुशी से भर गया।
- The plan failed because it depended on clockwork timing from every department.
योजना विफल रही क्योंकि वह हर विभाग के घड़ी जैसे सटीक समय पर निर्भर थी।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The programme went like a clockwork.
✓ The programme went like clockwork.
The idiom is like clockwork, with no article.
मुहावरा 'like clockwork' है, उसमें article नहीं आता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words concern machines and regular movement but differ in meaning.
ये शब्द मशीनों और नियमित गति से जुड़े हैं, पर अर्थ में अलग हैं।
Spring-and-wheel machinery, or smooth regular working.
स्प्रिंग-पहियों की मशीनरी, या सहज नियमित कार्य।
- The show ran like clockwork.
Any set of moving parts that does a job.
चलते पुर्ज़ों का समूह जो कोई काम करे।
- The lock has a simple mechanism.
A fixed set of regular actions.
नियमित कार्यों का निश्चित क्रम।
- Her morning routine never changes.
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Like clockwork (smoothly and without problems; regularly).
Idiom 'like clockwork' (सुचारु रूप से, बिना समस्या के; नियमित रूप से)।