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watchouts

watchouts is the plural of watchout.

Meaning of watchout

Noun

watchout (plural watchouts)

  1. A lookout; a person who stands guard watching for something.
    • Half of the beggars observed appeared to have watchouts and, similar to those on the Strand, on some pitches two watchouts operated looking out for police coming from different directions.1995, Jeanne Moore, The Faces of Homelessness in London, page 218
  2. Any potentially hazardous condition or situation that may make a fire more dangerous.
    • A change in wind direction is a watchout.

Questions about watchouts

What is watchouts the plural of?
Watchouts is the plural of watchout.

Words near watchouts in the dictionary

  1. watchnight
  2. watchnights
  3. watchoo
  4. Watchorn
  5. watchout
  6. watchouts
  7. watchpeople
  8. watchperson
  9. watchpersons
  10. watchphone
  11. watchphones

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