CLOCK WATCHER

Meaning of CLOCK WATCHER in English

{n. phr.}, {informal} A worker who always quits at once when it is time; a man who is in a hurry to leave his job. * /When Ted got his first job, his father told him to work hard and not be a clock watcher./

Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012

CLOCK-WATCHER — noun Date: 1911 a person (as a worker or student) who keeps close watch on the passage of time, clock-watching …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CLOCK WATCHER — noun : a worker having the habit of overfrequently consulting a timepiece
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOCK WATCHER — — clock watching . 1. an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOCK WATCHER — n. person who is eager for the time to pass (at work, school etc.); one who watches the time in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CLOCK-WATCHER — noun Date: 1911 : a person (as a worker or student) who keeps close watch on the passage of time …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOCK-WATCHER — Pronunciation: - ˌ wä-ch ə r Function: noun Date: 1911 : a person (as a worker or student) who keeps …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CLOCK-WATCHER — [clock-watch.er] n (1911): a person (as a worker or student) who keeps close watch on the passage of time -- …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOCK-WATCHER — clock-watch|er BrE AmE ˈklɒk ˌwɒtʃ |ə AmE ˈklɑːk ˌwɑːtʃ | ə r ▷ clock-watch|ers əz AmE ə rz ▷ clock-watch|ing …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CLOCK-WATCHER — noun ( disapproving ) a worker who is always checking the time to make sure that they do not work …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOCK WATCHER — Synonyms and related words : dallier, dawdle, dawdler, diddler, dillydallier, do-nothing, dolittle, doodler, eye-servant, faineant, gentleman of leisure, goldbrick, goldbricker, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLOCK WATCHER — {n. phr.}, {informal} A worker who always quits at once when it is time; a man who is in a …
Slang English vocab
CLOCK WATCHER — n. phr. , informal A worker who always quits at once when it is time; a man who is in …
American Idioms English vocabulary
CLOCK-WATCHER — (неодобрительно) нерадивый работник, работающий "от" и "до"
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLOCK-WATCHER — n неодобр. нерадивый работник, работающий «от» и «до»
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CLOCK WATCHER — (n) нерадивый работник
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CLOCK-WATCHER — n неодобр. нерадивый работник, работающий «от» и «до»
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CLOCK-WATCHER — n неодобр. нерадивый работник, работающий «от» и «до»
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CLOCK WATCHER — человек, человек
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CLOCK WATCHER — человек, человек
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CLOCK WATCHER — n infml 1) He's a hard worker, no clock watcher — Он настоящий трудяга, не сачок People who don't like their jobs can …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
CLOCK WATCHER — n infml 1) He's a hard worker, no clock watcher — Он настоящий трудяга, не сачок People who don't like …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
CLOCK WATCHER — clock watcher n infml 1. He's a hard worker, no clock watcher Он настоящий трудяга, не сачок People who don't …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
CLOCK WATCHER — 1) He's a hard worker, no clock watcher — Он настоящий трудяга, не сачок People who don't like their jobs …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
CLOCK WATCHER — нерадивый работник; тот, кто работает "от" и "до", формально, отсиживая часы, отбывая время
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
CLOCK WATCHER — нерадивый работник; тот, кто работает "от" и "до", формально, отсиживая часы, отбывая время
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
CLOCK-WATCHER — (неодобрительно) нерадивый работник, работающий "от" и "до"
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WATCHER — noun Date: 13th century one that watches: as, one that sits up or continues awake at night, watchman , c. …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CLOCK — I. ˈkläk noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English clok, from Middle Dutch clocke clock, bell, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WATCHER — ˈwächə(r) also ˈwȯch- noun ( -s ) : one that watches: as a. : one that sits up or continues …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WATCHER — (n.) One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick …
Английский словарь Webster
WATCHER — ( n. ) One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WATCHER — /woch"euhr/ , n. 1. a person who watches or who keeps watch. 2. an analytic observer of trends, fashions, events, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOCK — clock 1 /klok/ , n. 1. an instrument for measuring and recording time, esp. by mechanical means, usually with hands …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WATCHER — n. observer, viewer; watchman; guardian; one who watches over a sick person or dead body
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CLOCK — I. ˈkläk noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English clok, from Middle Dutch clocke bell, clock, from Old French or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WATCHER — noun Date: 13th century : one that watches: as a. : one that sits up or continues awake at night …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WATCHER — noun one who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick …
Webster English vocab
CLOCK — noun the striking of a clock. 2. clock ·noun a watch, ·esp. one that strikes. 3. clock ·vt to ornament …
Webster English vocab
WATCHER — [watch.er] n (1509): one that watches: as a: one that sits up or continues awake at night b: watchman c …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOCK — [clock] n, often attrib [ME clok, fr. MD clocke bell, clock, fr. ONF or ML; ONF cloque bell, fr. ML …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOCK — machine in which a device that performs regular movements in equal intervals of time is linked to a counting mechanism …
Britannica English vocabulary
WATCHER — watcher BrE AmE ˈwɒtʃ ə AmE \ ˈwɑːtʃ ə r ˈwɔːtʃ- ▷ watcher|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WATCHER — / ˈwɒtʃə(r); NAmE ˈwɑːtʃ-; ˈwɔːtʃ-/ noun (often in compounds) a person who watches and studies sb/sth regularly : an industry …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOCK — / klɒk; NAmE klɑːk/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] an instrument for measuring and showing time, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WATCHER — watch ‧ er /ˈwɒtʃə $ ˈwɑːtʃər, ˈwɒː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ watch , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLOCK — I. clock 1 S2 W3 /klɒk $ klɑːk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Middle Dutch ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLOCK — n. & v. --n. 1 an instrument for measuring time, driven mechanically or electrically and indicating hours, minutes, etc., by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLOCK — n. & v. n. 1 an instrument for measuring time, driven mechanically or electrically and indicating hours, minutes, etc., by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLOCK — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. an instrument for measuring time, driven mechanically or electrically and indicating hours, minutes, etc., …
Oxford English vocab
-WATCHER — ( -watchers) -watcher combines with nouns to form other nouns that refer to people who are interested in a group …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOCK — ( clocks, clocking, clocked) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A clock …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WATCHER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird watcher ▪ The coast path is a paradise for bird watchers. COLLOCATIONS FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLOCK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES alarm clock at three o'clock/seven thirty etc on the dot (= at exactly 3:00/7:30 …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WATCHER — [noun] [C]The new channel is certainly good news for the movie watcher.What this sort of film does very well is …
Cambridge English vocab
CLOCK — (TIME) [noun] [C] - a device for measuring and showing time, which is usually found in or on a building …
Cambridge English vocab
WATCHER — Synonyms and related words : Argus, Charley, TV-viewer, airplane spotter, beholder, bird-watcher, bystander, drugstore cowboy, eyewitness, fire patrolman, fire warden, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WATCHER — See: CLOCK WATCHER.
Slang English vocab
CLOCK — See: AGAINST TIME or AGAINST THE CLOCK, AROUND THE CLOCK or THE CLOCK AROUND, PUT BACK THE CLOCK or TURN …
Slang English vocab
WATCHER — n. Function: noun Synonyms: SPECTATOR , beholder, by-sitter, bystander, eyewitness, looker-on, observer, onlooker, viewer, witness
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WATCHER — noun Synonyms: spectator , beholder, by-sitter, bystander, eyewitness, looker-on, observer, onlooker, viewer, witness
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
WATCHER — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
WATCHER — noun Watcher is used after these nouns: ↑ bird , ↑ poll
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CLOCK — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ accurate ▪ 12-hour , 24-hour ▪ digital , electric ▪ atomic ▪ time ▪ bedside , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WATCHER — n. 25B6; noun ONLOOKER, spectator, observer, viewer, fly on the wall; witness, bystander; spy; informal rubberneck; poetic/literary beholder.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

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