clock-watchv.

Brit.

/ˈklɒkwɒtʃ/, U.S.

/ˈklɑkˌwɑtʃ/,

/ˈklɑkˌwɔtʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: clock n.¹, watch v.

Etymology: < clock n.¹ + watch v., after clock-watching n. Compare clock-watching adj. and earlier clock-watcher n.

intransitive. To be overly concerned with looking at a clock to check the time, esp. in anticipation of stopping work; (of an employee) to be overly keen not to work more than one's required hours. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

1893 N.E.D. at Clock sb.¹ Clock-watch..,to work over-anxiously to time.

1915 Daily Mirror 6 Sept. 5/1 There are signs..that Germany is ‘clock-watching’.

1974 Plexus (San Francisco) Oct. 3/1 It probably took more than an hour to travel that far but who was clock-watching.

2000 M. Beaumont e 184 If you think that the moment I am out of the office you can clock-watch, think again.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

clock-watch n. a watch or small clock; (sometimes spec.) a watch which strikes the hours or quarters as they occur, as contrasted with a repeating watch (cf. repeating adj. 2a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > particular types of watch

German watch1611

larum watch1619

clock-watch1625

minute watch1660

pendulum watch1664

watch1666

alarm watch1669

finger watch1679

string-watch1686

scout1688

balance-watch1690

hour-watch1697

warming-pan1699

minute pendulum watch1705

jewel watch1711

suit1718

repeater1725

Tompion1727

pendulum spring1728

second-watch1755

Geneva watch1756

cylinder-watch1765

watch-paper1777

ring watch1788

verge watch1792

watch lamp1823

hack1827

bull's-eye1833

vertical watch1838

quarter-repeater1840

turnip1840

hunting-watch1843

minute repeater1843

hunter1851

job watch1851

Geneva1852

watch-lining1856

touch watch1860

musical watch1864

lever1865

neep1866

verge1871

independent seconds watch1875

stem-winder1875

demi-hunter1884

fob-watch1884

three-quarter plate1884

wrist-watch1897

turnip-watch1898

sedan-chair watch1904

Rolex1922

Tank watch1923

strap watch1926

chatelaine watch1936

sedan clock1950

quartz watch1969

pulsar1970

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. ii. v. 321 He had a Clocke-watch which did without any striker sound the houres.

1715 London Gaz. No. 5307/3 A Gold striking Pendulum Clock Watch.

1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 62 Clock Watch, a watch that strikes the hours in passing, as distinguished from a repeater which strikes the hours at any time on putting special mechanism in motion.

1976 Burlington Mag. Mar. p. xlvi A gold pair cased quarter striking clock-watch by Brockbanks.

2016 Texas Monthly (Nexis) Dec. 16 These clock-watches were drum-shaped, made of brass and only had an hour hand.

单词	clock-watch
释义	clock-watchv. Brit. /ˈklɒkwɒtʃ/, U.S. /ˈklɑkˌwɑtʃ/, /ˈklɑkˌwɔtʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: clock n.¹, watch v. Etymology: < clock n.¹ + watch v., after clock-watching n. Compare clock-watching adj. and earlier clock-watcher n. intransitive. To be overly concerned with looking at a clock to check the time, esp. in anticipation of stopping work; (of an employee) to be overly keen not to work more than one's required hours. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1893 N.E.D. at Clock sb.¹ Clock-watch..,to work over-anxiously to time. 1915 Daily Mirror 6 Sept. 5/1 There are signs..that Germany is ‘clock-watching’. 1974 Plexus (San Francisco) Oct. 3/1 It probably took more than an hour to travel that far but who was clock-watching. 2000 M. Beaumont e 184 If you think that the moment I am out of the office you can clock-watch, think again. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas clock-watch clock-watch n. a watch or small clock; (sometimes spec.) a watch which strikes the hours or quarters as they occur, as contrasted with a repeating watch (cf. repeating adj. 2a). ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > particular types of watch German watch1611 larum watch1619 clock-watch1625 minute watch1660 pendulum watch1664 watch1666 alarm watch1669 finger watch1679 string-watch1686 scout1688 balance-watch1690 hour-watch1697 warming-pan1699 minute pendulum watch1705 jewel watch1711 suit1718 repeater1725 Tompion1727 pendulum spring1728 second-watch1755 Geneva watch1756 cylinder-watch1765 watch-paper1777 ring watch1788 verge watch1792 watch lamp1823 hack1827 bull's-eye1833 vertical watch1838 quarter-repeater1840 turnip1840 hunting-watch1843 minute repeater1843 hunter1851 job watch1851 Geneva1852 watch-lining1856 touch watch1860 musical watch1864 lever1865 neep1866 verge1871 independent seconds watch1875 stem-winder1875 demi-hunter1884 fob-watch1884 three-quarter plate1884 wrist-watch1897 turnip-watch1898 sedan-chair watch1904 Rolex1922 Tank watch1923 strap watch1926 chatelaine watch1936 sedan clock1950 quartz watch1969 pulsar1970 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. ii. v. 321 He had a Clocke-watch which did without any striker sound the houres. 1715 London Gaz. No. 5307/3 A Gold striking Pendulum Clock Watch. 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 62 Clock Watch, a watch that strikes the hours in passing, as distinguished from a repeater which strikes the hours at any time on putting special mechanism in motion. 1976 Burlington Mag. Mar. p. xlvi A gold pair cased quarter striking clock-watch by Brockbanks. 2016 Texas Monthly (Nexis) Dec. 16 These clock-watches were drum-shaped, made of brass and only had an hour hand. extracted from clockn.¹adv. < v.1893 as lemmas
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clock-watchv.

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