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stopwatch

The English word “stopwatch” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.

verb

  1. To time (something) by means of a stopwatch.

Etymology

From stop + watch.

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