Usually means: Alternating shifts for sailors, military.
Definitions Related words Mentions
We found 6 dictionaries that define the word watch and watch:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. watch and watch: Merriam-Webster
  2. watch and watch: Wordnik
  3. watch and watch: Wiktionary
  4. Watch and watch: Dictionary.com
  5. watch and watch: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Watch and watch: TheFreeDictionary.com

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (watch and watch)

▸ noun:  (nautical) The regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided.

Similar:
watch, watch bill, watchstanding, night watch, watchkeeping, watch and ward, watchmanship, starboard, ward, coastwatching, more...

Opposite:
stop and start, cease and commence, end and begin

▸ Words similar to watch and watch

▸ Usage examples for watch and watch

▸ Idioms related to watch and watch

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Words that often appear near watch and watch

▸ Rhymes of watch and watch

▸ Invented words related to watch and watch

Similar:
watch, watch bill, watchstanding, night watch, watchkeeping, watch and ward, watchmanship, starboard, ward, coastwatching, more...

Opposite:
stop and start, cease and commence, end and begin



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "watch and watch" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux