All related terms of '-watching'

If you watch someone or something, you look at them, usually for a period of time, and pay attention to what is happening .

Bird-watching is the activity of watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.

the job of watching for fires, esp those caused by aerial bombardment

the activity of looking at young women to enjoy their attractiveness, perhaps with a view to starting a relationship

the act of checking the time in anticipation of a break or the end of the working day

the activity of observing whales in their natural surroundings

If you watch for something or watch out for it, you pay attention so that you notice it, either because you do not want to miss it or because you want to avoid it.

If you tell someone to watch out , you are warning them to be careful, because something unpleasant might happen to them or they might get into difficulties .

If you watch over someone or something, you pay attention to them to make sure that nothing bad happens to them.

extremely boring

If you binge-watch a television series, you watch several episodes one after another in a short time.

said to mean that you find something extremely boring

an employee who checks the time in anticipation of a break or of the end of the working day

a person who tries to lose weight, esp by dieting