around-the-clock

[ uh-round-thuh-klok ]

adjective

1. continuing without pause or interruption:

   an around-the-clock guard on the prisoner.

Word History and Origins

Origin of around-the-clock¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

While the convenience store is open around-the-clock, the restaurant is not.

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Police, however, are keeping tabs on the property with around-the-clock surveillance.

From The Daily Beast

But, the family says, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) helped them find a doctor who was able to give their child around-the-clock care.

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My best friend is a C-4/C-5 quadriplegic who depends on around-the-clock care.

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When the two began dating in 2005, Winehouse was hardly the rock-around-the-clock femme fatale she would later become.

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Related Words

• continuous
• endless
• interminable
• never-ending
• nonstop
• ongoing
• perpetual
• relentless
• round-the-clock
• unending
• uninterrupted