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 Definitions of Watchdog  [ˈwɒtʃˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg]  

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Definition of 'Watchdog' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) watchdog
a dog kept to guard property.

2.  watchdog
a watchful guardian:
a watchdog of the public morals.

3. (v.t.) watchdog
to watch carefully, esp. so as to detect illegal or unethical conduct.

Etymology:  (1600–10)

Definition of 'Watchdog' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) watchdog
a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste
"she is the global watchdog for human rights abuses"

2. (noun) watchdog, guard dog
a dog trained to guard property


Definition of 'Watchdog' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Watchdog
a dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders


Translation of 'Watchdog' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a dog which guards someone's property etc
We leave a watchdog in our office at night to scare away thieves.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: waghond Arabic flag Arabic: كَلْب الحِراسَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: куче пазач
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cão de guarda Czech flag Czech: hlídací pes German flag German: der Wachhund
Danish flag Danish: vagthund Greek flag Greek: μαντρόσκυλο Spanish flag Spanish: perro guardián
Estonian flag Estonian: valvekoer Farsi flag Farsi: سگ نگهبان Finnish flag Finnish: vahtikoira
French flag French: chien de garde Hebrew flag Hebrew: כֶּלֶב שְׁמִירָה Hindi flag Hindi: रखवाली करने वाला कुत्ता
Croatian flag Croatian: pasčuvar Hungarian flag Hungarian: házőrző kutya Indonesian flag Indonesian: anjing penjaga
Icelandic flag Icelandic: varðhundur Italian flag Italian: cane da guardia Japanese flag Japanese: 番犬
Korean flag Korean: 감시견 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sarginisšuo Latvian flag Latvian: sargsuns
Malay flag Malay: anjing pengawal, pemerhat Dutch flag Dutch: waakhond Norwegian flag Norwegian: vakthund
Polish flag Polish: pies-stróż Portuguese flag Portuguese: cão de guarda Romanian flag Romanian: câine de pază
Russian flag Russian: сторожевая собака Slovak flag Slovak: strážny pes Slovenian flag Slovenian: pesčuvaj
Serbian flag Serbian: pasčuvar Swedish flag Swedish: vakthund Thai flag Thai: สุนัขเฝ้าบ้าน
Turkish flag Turkish: bekçi köpeği Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 看門狗 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сторожовий пес
Urdu flag Urdu: پہرہ دینے والا کتا Chinese flag Chinese: 看门狗

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