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clock-watched

clock-watched is the simple past and past participle of clock-watch.

Meaning of clock-watch

Verb

clock-watch (third-person singular simple present clock-watches, present participle clock-watching, simple past and past participle clock-watched)

  1. (intransitive) To continually check the time to determine how much longer one has to work or study.
    • I clock-watched constantly, my iPod on shuffle.2010, Mike Perham, Sailing the Dream

Questions about clock-watched

What is clock-watched the simple past and past participle of?
Clock-watched is the simple past and past participle of clock-watch.

Words near clock-watched in the dictionary

  1. clock-face timetable
  2. clock-face timetables
  3. clock-jobber
  4. clock-jobbers
  5. clock-watch
  6. clock-watched
  7. clock-watcher
  8. clock-watchers
  9. clock-watches
  10. clock-watching
  11. clockability

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