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time watch

time watch verb: to frequently check the current time.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To frequently check the current time.
    • Do not time watch. Clocks should not be visible from the bed.2015, Hanno W. Kirk, Restoring the Brain, page 99
    • Time was getting on and so Marrrie showed them the bungalow but Blake was time watching;2019, Hamish Robertson, Tepid Steps

Forms of time watch

third-person singular presenttime watches
present participletime watching
past participletime watched
pasttime watched

Questions about time watch

What does time watch mean?
Time watch means to frequently check the current time.
What part of speech is time watch?
Time watch is a verb.
What is the past tense of time watch?
The past tense of time watch is time watched.

Words near time watch in the dictionary

  1. time warp
  2. time warped
  3. time warping
  4. time warps
  5. time was
  6. time watch
  7. time watched
  8. time watches
  9. time watching
  10. time will tell
  11. time window

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