watchdog

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A guard dog.
2. (figuratively) An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of watchdog timer.

Verb

1. To perform a function analogous to that of a watchdog; to guard and warn.
2. To be continuously reset by a watchdog timer.

Sinónimos

guard dog

dog

🐕

guard

💂

watchman

sentinel

look out

sentry

patrol

invigilator

keeper

lookout

monitor

open-eyed

overseer

patrolman

proctor

protector

sleepless

steward

supervisor

surveillance

tender

vedette

wake

wakeful

warder

watch

⌚

watch dog

watcher

watchful

vidette

K-9

alert

gos

awake

canid

canine

custodian

guardian

guardsman

💂‍♂️

hound

Traducións

chien de garde

Wachhund

cane da guardia

cão de guarda

perro guardián

surveillant

vigilância

كلب حراسة

Watchdog

mâtin

άγρυπνος φρουρός

Wachhündin

waakhond

Wächter

💂

gos

🐕

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈwɑːt͡ʃ.ˌdɑːɡ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Compound of watch + dog.