watchout

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watchout

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Deverbal from watch out.

noun watchouts

A lookout; a person who stands guard watching for something. Half of the beggars observed appeared to have watchouts and, similar to those on the Strand, on some pitches two watchouts operated looking out for police coming from different directions.
Any potentially hazardous condition or situation that may make a fire more dangerous. A change in wind direction is a watchout.

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"watchout." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/watchout. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"watchout." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/watchout.

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@misc{watchout_2026,
  title = {watchout},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/watchout},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}