pocket watch

noun

A watch carried in the pocket, often with a closing cover and usually attached to a chain.

“Pocket watching a high schooler is crazy.”

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Meanings

pocket watch1

nounpocket watch (plural pocket watches)

plural pocket watches · alternative pocketwatch

  1. A watch carried in the pocket, often with a closing cover and usually attached to a chain.

pocket watch2

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

present singular third person pocket watches · participle present pocket watching · participle past pocket watched · past pocket watched · alternative pocketwatch

  1. slangtransitiveAfrican-American VernacularTo jealously obsess over another person's finances or success.

    Pocket watching a high schooler is crazy.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
fob watch

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 佗錶 /佗表
  • 佗錶 /佗表watch
Chinese Mandarin 懷錶 /怀表
  • 懷錶 /怀表 (huáibiǎo)watch
Czech kapesní hodinky
  • kapesní hodinkywatch
Esperanto poŝhorloĝo
  • poŝhorloĝowatch
Finnish taskukello
  • taskukellowatch
French montre à gousset
  • montre à goussetwatch
German Taschenuhr
  • Taschenuhrwatch
Hindi जेबघड़ी
  • जेबघड़ी (jebaghṛī)watch
Hungarian zsebóra
  • zsebórawatch
Icelandic vasaúr
  • vasaúrwatch
Italian orologio da tasca
  • orologio da tascawatch
Japanese 懐中時計
  • 懐中時計 (kaichūdokei)watch
Korean 회중시계
  • 회중시계 (hoejungsigye)watch
Malay jam poket
  • jam poketwatch
Polish zegarek kieszonkowy, zazdrościć zamożności
  • zegarek kieszonkowywatch
  • zazdrościć zamożnościTranslations
Portuguese relógio de bolso
  • relógio de bolsowatch
Romanian ceas de buzunar
  • ceas de buzunarwatch
Russian карма́нные часы́
  • карма́нные часы́ (karmánnyje časý)watch
Spanish reloj de bolsillo, reloj de faltriquera
  • reloj de bolsillowatch
  • reloj de faltriquerawatch
  • reloj de faldriquera m pelucowatch
  • mirar el bolsilloTranslations
Swedish fickur
  • fickurwatch
Thai นาฬิกาพก
  • นาฬิกาพกwatch
Turkish cep saati, köstekli saat
  • cep saatiwatch
  • köstekli saatwatch
Yiddish קעשענע־זייגערל
  • קעשענע־זייגערל (keshene-zeygerl)watch
Cite this entry
APA

pocket watch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pocket%20watch

MLA

“pocket watch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pocket%20watch. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pocket watch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pocket%20watch.

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