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Wiktionary
- n. continually looking at the time to see how much longer one has to work or study
WordNet 3.0
- n. paying excessive attention to the clock (in anticipation of stopping work)
Examples
“It was dreadful--the 12-hour days, the crushing boredom, the clock-watching, the joy that I experienced as I walked out the door when the day was over.”
The Huffington Post: David Murray: Working, in Chicago: An Emotional Guide for New Graduates
“This year's edition offers further help for clock-watching Americans by including prep and cooking times for each recipe.”
“We at the Fix are clock-watching too -- trying to figure out when we might know who will control the House and Senate after tomorrow.”
“Back then, the bored young lifeguards would hover at the poolside, flirting with each other and clock-watching.”
“The collective energy of the room can build into a frenzy, unleashing brilliant ideas while everyone has a great time, or it can devolve into yet another boring, BlackBerry-checking, clock-watching drone session.”
“My muscles were at their most sore in the mornings, stiffening up while I slept, but I would prize my protesting body off the bunk and start rowing while it was still dark, resolving not to start clock-watching at least until the sun had come up.”
“Animation is far too creative an endeavor to suffer the indignity of clock-watching.”
“Again, why is TAG, one of the most creative guilds today that continues to produce such a large amount of revenue for work that is "put up on that screen forever" locked out of negotiations beyond clock-watching?”
“Again, why is TAG, one of the most creative guilds today that continues to produce such a large amount of revenue for work that is "put up on that screen forever" locked out of negotiations beyond clock-watching?”
“` ` Our guys are somewhat clock-watching right now.”
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