Meanings
plural listening watches
- aeronauticsContinuous monitoring for incoming communications.
1 more example
1950, Neville Shute, The Legacy (UK title: A Town Like Alice), New York: William Morrow & Co., Chapter 10, p. 278, “ […] 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.”
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna watch established for the reception of traffic of interest to the unit maintaining the watch
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
French écoute permanente
- écoute permanentecontinuous monitoring
Italian ascolto continuo
- ascolto continuocontinuous monitoring
Cite this entry
listening watch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/listening%20watch
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