stopwatch
noun
stop·watch
ˈstäp-ˌwäch 
: a watch with a hand or a digital display that can be started and stopped at will for exact timing (as of a race)
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Yoko eventually screened it with a stopwatch, to measure how much screen time Paul got versus John.
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
Forget the stopwatch and the stress.
—Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Nov. 2025
Some also have timers and stopwatches.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
Places start connecting to thoughts, which then become memories, and the rhythm is in your body not the stopwatch.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
Forget the stopwatch and the stress.
—Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Nov. 2025
Some also have timers and stopwatches.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
Places start connecting to thoughts, which then become memories, and the rhythm is in your body not the stopwatch.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stopwatch
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“Stopwatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stopwatch. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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stopwatch
noun
stop·watch
ˈstäp-ˌwäch
: a watch having a hand or a digital display that can be started and stopped for exact timing (as of a race)
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