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- [stop-woch]
- /ˈstɒpˌwɒtʃ/
- /ˈstɒp.wɒtʃ/
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- [stop-woch]
- /ˈstɒpˌwɒtʃ/
Definitions of stopwatch word
- noun stopwatch a watch with a hand or hands that can be stopped or started at any instant, used for precise timing, as in races. 1
- noun stopwatch timing device 1
- countable noun stopwatch A stopwatch is a watch with buttons which you press at the beginning and end of an event, so that you can measure exactly how long it takes. 0
- noun stopwatch a type of watch used for timing events, such as sporting events, accurately, having a device for stopping the hand or hands instantly 0
- noun stopwatch a watch with a hand or a digital readout that can be started and stopped instantly so as to indicate seconds or fractions of seconds, as for timing races 0
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Origin of stopwatch
First appearance:
before 1730 One of the 48% newest English words
First recorded in 1730-40; stop + watch
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Stopwatch
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stopwatch popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
stopwatch usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stopwatch
noun stopwatch
- analog watch — a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial.
- big ben — the bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, London
- chronograph — an accurate instrument for recording small intervals of time
- chronoscope — an instrument that registers small intervals of time on a dial, cathode-ray tube, etc
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
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