noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

stop clockstop watch

Example

More examples

"Ziri asked Rima if he could borrow her stopwatch."

Etymology

From stop + watch.

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