Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

watch and watch

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.04 in modern English

Syllables: watch and watch
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"And Mr. Pike, for practically all of his sixty-nine years, has stood his watch-and-watch, with many a spill-over of watches into watches."

Questions

What does watch and watch mean?: The regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided.

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