Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A watch worn on a band that fastens about the wrist.
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- noun A
watch that isworn on astrap orband fastened around thewrist
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a watch that is worn strapped to the wrist
Etymologies
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Examples
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This works because while 'wristwatch' is a common enough word, the way Emma Thompson says it makes it more than what it really is.
Stranger Than Fiction joshenglish 2007
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TokyoFlash's latest wildly impractical, handsome Japanese wristwatch is the EleeNo WebTime Elite.
Boing Boing 2007
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The Suunto G6 wristwatch is designed for golfers as it claims to improve your swing consistency and simplify the scorekeeping process.
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The Suunto G6 wristwatch is designed for golfers as it claims to improve your swing consistency and simplify the scorekeeping process.
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I was shown one 2G data modem that's small enough to imbed in a large wristwatch, which is more than fast enough for systems like alarm monitoring, application control, blood pressure monitors, asset tracking or other applications where only a small of amount of data is being exchanged.
Larry Magid: Machines Use Sprint's Network to Talk To Other Machines Larry Magid 2011
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The wristwatch was the only part of him that clicked with the put-together guy Lash first met.
DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010
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The wristwatch was the only part of him that clicked with the put-together guy Lash first met.
DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010
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The wristwatch was the only part of him that clicked with the put-together guy Lash first met.
DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010
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The wristwatch was the only part of him that clicked with the put-together guy Lash first met.
DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010
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The fact that you wear a wristwatch is another sure sign that you are a creature of commitment.
The Pathfinder Nicholas Lore 1998
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