stopwatch
noun
stop·watch
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Definition of stopwatch
: a watch with a hand or a digital display that can be started and stopped at will for exact timing (as of a race)
Examples of stopwatch in a Sentence
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Driving alongside the sprinter actually slows your clock relative to the stopwatch of someone in the bleachers. — Quanta Magazine, "How (Relatively) Simple Symmetries Underlie Our Expanding Universe," 27 Aug. 2019 But determining his fate with a stopwatch to me is a little harsh. — Karen Crouse, New York Times, "Golf’s New Breed Tries to Speed Things Up," 15 Aug. 2019 This watch can sound up to five daily alarms and has a stopwatch and a countdown timer. — Dallas News, "Casio Pro Trek watch is tough and feature-packed," 8 Aug. 2019 Driving alongside the sprinter actually slows your clock relative to the stopwatch of someone in the bleachers. — Quanta Magazine, "How (Relatively) Simple Symmetries Underlie Our Expanding Universe," 21 July 2019 Thirty minutes turned into an hour on a day when Taylor cared not to have his stopwatch or whistle in hand. — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, "D-Day anniversary truly puts hockey, life in perspective," 8 June 2019 The watch also includes message and call alerts, a stopwatch, alarm clock, compass, step count and calorie tracker. — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, "Runtopia's S1 Is the GPS Running Smartwatch You Can Actually Afford," 2 Apr. 2019 Our brains can keep track of short bursts of time like a mental stopwatch. — Brianna Abbott, WSJ, "Unlocking Secrets of Memory and Time in the Brain," 13 Mar. 2019 The Journal took a stopwatch to the last five years of Oscar broadcasts to breakdown what’s filling up those more than three-and-half hours. — Ben Fritz, WSJ, "An #OscarsSoSafe Awards Ceremony," 25 Feb. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stopwatch.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for stopwatch
stopwatch
noun
English Language Learners Definition of stopwatch
: a watch that can be started and stopped very quickly and that is used for measuring the amount of time that is taken to do something (such as to run a race)
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stopwatch
noun
stop·watch
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Kids Definition of stopwatch
: a watch that can be started and stopped for exact timing (as of a race)