"face that would stop a clock" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-face that would stop a clock.ogg [Australia] Forms: faces that would stop a clock [plural], faces that would stop clocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|faces that would stop a clock|faces that would stop clocks}} face that would stop a clock (plural faces that would stop a clock or faces that would stop clocks)
  1. (idiomatic) A shockingly unattractive face. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-face_that_would_stop_a_clock-en-noun-xhjD-D3k Disambiguation of Appearance: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50
  2. (idiomatic) A shockingly attractive face. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-face_that_would_stop_a_clock-en-noun-jdyLnctK Disambiguation of Appearance: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: face that could stop a clock

Inflected forms

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