stop watch

1. 1.

   a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race)

   Synonymsstopwatch

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Questions about stop watch

What does stop watch mean?

stop watch means "a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race)".

What is another word for stop watch?

Close synonyms include stopwatch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stop watch a common word?

stop watch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.