Clockwork

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clockwork \Clock"work`\ (-w[^u]rk`), n.
     The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a
     clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  clockwork
       n : any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled
           spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock