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Meanings of wristwatch in English

Portuguese
relógio
Catalan
rellotge de polsera

A portable or wearable timepiece worn connected to a band around the wrist.

relógio
Synonyms
Examples for "watch"
Examples for "watch"
1
This year, as every year, he will watch the Open from home.
The Guardian
2
Young people say pornography is too easy to watch in New Zealand.
Radio NZ
3
The vote is scheduled for today; you can watch the debate live.
Wired
4
Did you watch Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words the other week?
The Irish Times
5
What to watch: -Ghana goes to the market for new funds.
Reuters
1
No one could find subtle or hidden meanings in a wrist watch.
Merton of the Movies
2
He held up his left hand to glance at his wrist watch.
Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops / Or, Dick Prescott at G...
3
Nanlo sighed, with luxuriant happiness, and peered at his radiumite wrist watch.
The Indulgence of Negu Mah
4
The machine sorts us... he answered briefly and consulted his wrist watch.
The Time Traders
5
The green, glowing hands moved on the face of the wrist watch.
Once there was a war
Usage of wristwatch in English
1
I saw Mr. George Eagers look at his wristwatch; another bad sign.
Boy’s Life
2
Four thirteen, to be exact; she could remember glancing at her wristwatch.
In the Dark
3
He's been wearing an iPod nano wristwatch for the past few years.
Wired
4
It is literally the time that you would read on your wristwatch.
Wired
5
I just really like using it as a wristwatch, despite its drawbacks.
Wired
6
Armen extended an arm, and Bonnie noticed the time on his wristwatch.
The witch of agnesi
7
And Dylan knows how to handle himself. Burke checked his wristwatch again.
Colorado abduction
8
But, as he started walking, he heard the shrilling from his wristwatch.
Dayworld
9
The gunman rejected the doctor's wristwatch, because it had initials on it.
The new yorker
10
Mr. Poe coughed slightly into his handkerchief and looked at his wristwatch.
The Reptile Room
11
Then he glanced at his wristwatch and stopped thinking about Symes entirely.
Pagan Passions
12
Brace tucked the card into his wallet, then glanced at his wristwatch.
In the Dark
13
Doubting that was accurate, I got up and checked my own wristwatch.
Darkness on the edge of town
14
Like a reliable wristwatch, he took a licking and kept on ticking.
Reuters
15
He was pointing at the clock and then he tapped his wristwatch.
Transgression: a novel of love and war
16
Then she removes her wristwatch and lays it on her sister's desk.
After dark
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Translations for wristwatch
Wristwatch through the time
Wristwatch across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common