Dogwatch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdÉ’É¡wÉ’tʃ/

Alternative forms

• dog-watch

Origin

From dog + watch.

Full definition of dogwatch

Noun

1. (nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
2. (by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.
• 1946, Mezz Mezzrow & Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, Payback Press 1999, p. 22:The girls we knew were all on the dogwatch, from four to twelve in the morning.

Anagrams

• watchdog