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listening watch

listening watch noun: continuous monitoring for incoming communications.

Noun

listening watch (plural listening watches)

  1. Continuous monitoring for incoming communications.
    • “ […] It’s okay here if you want to close down your listening watch for tonight, Jackie. I’d like to have a listening watch in daylight hours tomorrow, from seven o’clock on. Is this Roger? Over.”1950, Neville Shute, The Legacy (UK title: A Town Like Alice), New York: William Morrow & Co., Chapter 10, p. 278

Forms of listening watch

plurallistening watches

Questions about listening watch

What does listening watch mean?
Listening watch means continuous monitoring for incoming communications.
What part of speech is listening watch?
Listening watch is a noun.
What is the plural of listening watch?
The plural of listening watch is listening watches.

Words near listening watch in the dictionary

  1. listening post
  2. listening posts
  3. listening station
  4. listening stations
  5. listening up
  6. listening watch
  7. listening watches
  8. listening with half an ear
  9. listenings
  10. listens
  11. listens after

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