CLOCK-WATCHER

Meaning of CLOCK-WATCHER in English

noun

( disapproving ) a worker who is always checking the time to make sure that they do not work longer than they need to

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 — 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 a …
Словарь английских идиом
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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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