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Wrist Watch

Definition: Wrist Watch

Wrist Watch

Noun

1. A watch that is worn strapped to the wrist.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonym: Wrist Watch

Synonym: wristwatch (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Wrist Watch

DomainUsage

Clever

You are an engineer if your wrist watch has more buttons than a telephone. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Wrist Watch

DomainTitle

Books

  • 1987 Price Guide for Vintage American and European Wrist Watch Price Guide (1984 Edition) (reference)

  • Modern Wrist Watch Price Guide Book 1: Retail Prices (reference)

  • The Classic Watch: The Great Watches and Their Makers from the First Wrist Watch to the Present Day (reference)

  • Time to Watch: The Wrist Watch As Art: Classic, Rare, Extraordinary (reference)

  • Vintage American & European Wrist Watch Price Guide: Book 4 (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Wrist Watch

Computer Images:
Wrist Watch

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Wrist Watch

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

wrist watch

1,052

child wrist watch

13

seiko wrist watch

66

replica wrist watch

12

vintage wrist watch

50

gps wrist watch

12

man wrist watch

50

hamilton wrist watch

11

wrist watch band

36

used wrist watch

11

atomic wrist watch

30

wrist watch for sale

10

antique wrist watch

30

waltham wrist watch

9

citizen wrist watch

26

wrist watch walkie talkie

9

wrist watch review

24

wrist watch repair

9

digital wrist watch

24

alarm wrist watch

9

lady wrist watch

19

radio wrist watch

8

casio wrist watch

18

talking wrist watch

8

swiss wrist watch

18

automatic wrist watch

7

discount wrist watch

17

wrist watch magazine

7

pda wrist watch

16

designer wrist watch

7

rolex wrist watch

15

accessory wrist watch

7

omega wrist watch

15

russian wrist watch

7

military wrist watch

15

timex wrist watch

7

kid wrist watch

14

invicta wrist watch

6

womens wrist watch

13

wrist watch computer

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Wrist Watch

Language Translations for "wrist watch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

orë dore (wristlet watch). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

ръчен часовник (wristlet watch). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

手表 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

náramkové hodinky (wristlet watch). (various references)

   

Danish

  

armbaandsurkasse med trykknapper (wrist watch case with push-piece), armbaandsurkasse (wrist watch case). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

rannekello. (various references)

   

French

  

montre bracelet (wrist-watch), bracelet montre (wristwatch). (various references)

   

German

  

armbanduhr (watch, wristwatch). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Οι μετρήσεις που έγιναν με τη βοήθεια ενός μετρητή έδειξαν κατ ευθείαν στα τοιχώματα του γυαλιού μία δόση που αντιστοιχούσε περίπου στην α (a counter gave dose readings directly at the glass wall which corresponded roughly to the radiation from the luminous figures on a wrist watch). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

שעון י". (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

karóra (watch, wristlet watch, wristwatch, wrist-watch). (various references)

   

Italian

  

misure effettuate con un contatore direttamente sull'involucro di vetro hanno indicato unadose corrispondente approssimativamente a quella del quadrante di un orologio fosforescente (a counter gave dose readings directly at the glass wall which corresponded roughly to the radiation from the luminous figures on a wrist watch), cassa braccialetto con pulsante (wrist watch case with push-piece), cassa braccialetto (wrist watch case). (various references)

   

Manx

  

ooreyder laue. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

istwray atchway.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

o contador mediu doses na parede de vidro que correspondem aproximadamente radiação do visor luminoso de um relógio de pulso (a counter gave dose readings directly at the glass wall which corresponded roughly to the radiation from the luminous figures on a wrist watch), caixa de pulso com botao (wrist watch case with push-piece), caixa de pulso (wrist watch case). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

ceas-brãţarã, ceas de mânã, ceas de brãţarã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

наручный часы, наручные часы (wristlet watch). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

reloj de pulsera (watch, wristwatch, wrist-watch). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kol saati (watch, wristlet watch, wristwatch). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Wrist Watch

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: wristwatch.

Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-r-s-t-t-w-w"

-2 letters: chartist.

-3 letters: astrict, athirst, cattish, rattish, tachist, tartish, thwarts, trishaw, whatsit, wraiths.

-4 letters: airths, artist, attics, chairs, charts, crista, crwths, rachis, racist, rawish, starch, static, stitch, strait, strath, strati, strict, swarth, swatch, switch, thirst, thraws, thwart, tracts, traits, triacs, twitch, wraith, wraths.

-5 letters: airth, airts, aitch, astir, attic, carts, chair, chars, chart, chats, chaws.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-r-s-t-t-w-w"
 

+2 letters: wristwatches.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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