watchout

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noun

A lookout; a person who stands guard watching for something.

“A change in wind direction is a watchout.”

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Meanings

nounwatchout (plural watchouts)

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. firefightingAny potentially hazardous condition or situation that may make a fire more dangerous.

    A change in wind direction is a watchout.

    1 more example

    Being uninformed on firefighting strategy and tactics is a watchout.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
lookout

Origin

Deverbal from watch out.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

outwatch
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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