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Stopwatch

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.

    "I etched the face of a stopwatch on the back of a raindrop And did a swap for the sand in an hourglass"

  2. 2
    a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To time (something) by means of a stopwatch. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From stop + watch.

Etymology 2

From stop + watch.

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