watchdog

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From watch and dog.

[edit] Noun

watchdog (plural watchdogs)

1. a guard dog
2. a person or organization that monitors and publicizes the behavior of others (individuals, corporations, governments) to discover undesirable activity.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to watchdog (third-person singular simple present watchdogs, present participle watchdogging, simple past and past participle watchdogged)

1. To perform a function analogous to a watchdog.
2. To guard and warn.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acdghotw
• dogwatch