Meanings
watchback1
nounwatchback (plural watchbacks)
plural watchbacks
- alternativeAlternative spelling of watch back (“the back cover of a watch”)
watchback2
nounwatchback (plural watchbacks)
plural watchbacks
- A viewing of an audiovisual recording.
- As a step in the video-editing process in videography and cinematography.
Our videographers have a policy that they don't release any video without a full watchback by at least one person with enough sense to flag any reasonable quality concerns. They hire contractors to do the watchbacks that they don't have time to do themselves.
- As a binge-watching of a TV show or other video series.
Origin
watchback · noun
- Middle Englishwacche
- Englishwatch
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*baką
- Proto-West Germanic*bak
- Old Englishbæc
- Middle Englishbak
- Englishback
- Englishwatchback
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APA
watchback. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watchback
MLA
“watchback.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watchback. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “watchback,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watchback.
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