stopwatch
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stopwatch
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From stop + watch.
noun stopwatches
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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
Similar: stop clock
verb stopwatches · stopwatching · stopwatched
- To time (something) by means of a stopwatch.
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verb timepiece
| Español | cronómetro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스톱워치 seutobwochi, 초시계 chosigye |
| 日本語 | ストップウオッチ sutoppuuotchi, ストップウォッチ sutoppuwotchi, 秒時計 byōdokei |
| 中文 | 秒表 miǎobiǎo, 計時器 /计时器 jìshíqì, 馬錶 /马表 mǎbiǎo, 跑錶 /跑表 pǎobiǎo |
| हिन्दी | विराम घड़ी virām ghaṛī |
| Français | chronomètre, garde-temps |
| Deutsch | Stoppuhr |
| Italiano | cronometro |
| Ελληνικά | χρονόμετρο chronómetro |
| Română | cronometru |
| Русский | секундоме́р sekundomér |
| Tiếng Việt | đồng hồ đếm giờ, đồng hồ bấm giờ |
| العربية | سَاعَةُ سِبَاق sāʕatu sibāq, سَاعَةُ إِيقَاف sāʕatu ʔīqāf |
Talk about this word "stopwatch." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stopwatch. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. stopwatch. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/stopwatch "stopwatch." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/stopwatch.Cite this
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title = {stopwatch},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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