watchout

watch·out

W w

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [woch-out]
- /ˈwɒtʃˌaʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [woch-out]
- /ˈwɒtʃˌaʊt/

Definitions of watchout word

noun watchout the act of looking out for or anticipating something; lookout: Keep a watchout for dishonest behavior. 1
noun watchout the act of watching out for something 0

See all 2 definitions of watchout

Information block about the term

Origin of watchout

First appearance:

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

1880-85, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase watch out

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Watchout

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Watchout

watchout popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

watchout usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer