stopwatch
stopwatch noun: a timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.
Noun
stopwatch (plural stopwatches)
- A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.
- I etched the face of a stopwatch on the back of a raindrop
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- Synonyms:
- stop clock
- I etched the face of a stopwatch on the back of a raindrop
Verb
stopwatch (third-person singular simple present stopwatches, present participle stopwatching, simple past and past participle stopwatched)
- To time (something) by means of a stopwatch.
stopwatch meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Kannada and Arabic
stopwatch in Hindi
- timepiece
- विराम घड़ी virām ghaṛī
stopwatch in Bengali
- timepiece
- বিরামঘড়ি biramghoṛi
stopwatch in Kannada
- ಅವಧಿಸೂಚಕ ಗಡಿಯಾರ, ನಿಲ್ಲು ಗಡಿಯಾರ, ನಿಲುಗಡಿಯಾರ, ಓಟದ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸುವ ಗಡಿಯಾರ
stopwatch in Arabic
- timepiece
- سَاعَةُ سِبَاق sāʕatu sibāq, سَاعَةُ إِيقَاف sāʕatu ʔīqāf
More languagesFewer languages
- stopwatch in Malay
- jam randik
- stopwatch in Indonesian
- jam sukat, jam randek
- stopwatch in Vietnamese
- đồng hồ đếm giờ, đồng hồ bấm giờ
Synonyms of stopwatch
Forms of stopwatch
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | stopwatches |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | stopwatches |
| present participle | stopwatching |
| past participle | stopwatched |
| past | stopwatched |
Origin of stopwatch
From stop + watch.
Questions about stopwatch
- What does stopwatch mean?
- Stopwatch means a timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.
- What is stopwatch in Hindi?
- Stopwatch in Hindi is विराम घड़ी (virām ghaṛī). See Stopwatch meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is stopwatch?
- Stopwatch can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of stopwatch?
- The plural of stopwatch is stopwatches.
Words near stopwatch in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stopwatch (page history and authors); stopwatch (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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