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clockwatch

clockwatch is the alternative form 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

Forms of clockwatch

third-person singular presentclockwatches
present participleclockwatching
past participleclockwatched
pastclockwatched

Questions about clockwatch

What is clockwatch the alternative form of?
Clockwatch is the alternative form of clock-watch.

Words near clockwatch in the dictionary

  1. clockvine
  2. clockvines
  3. clockw.
  4. clockward
  5. clockware
  6. clockwatch
  7. clockwatched
  8. clockwatcher
  9. clockwatchers
  10. clockwatches
  11. clockwatching

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