clock-watch

verb

To continually check the time to determine how much longer one has to work or study.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person clock-watches · participle present clock-watching · participle past clock-watched · past clock-watched

  1. intransitiveTo 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
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APA

clock-watch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clock-watch

MLA

“clock-watch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clock-watch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clock-watch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clock-watch.

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