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DOGWATCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dogwatch mean?
• DOGWATCH (noun)
The noun DOGWATCH has 1 sense:
1. either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm
Familiarity information: DOGWATCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("dogwatch" is a kind of...):
watch (a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty)
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