Associations to the word «Watchdog»
Noun
- Timer
- Taxpayer
- Consumer
- Transparency
- Fairness
- Defamation
- Oversight
- Mcqueen
- Reporting
- Journalism
- Complaint
- Accountability
- Corruption
- Advocacy
- Ethics
- Hades
- Wyatt
- Scientology
- Accuracy
- Bbc
- Lobbying
- Monitor
- Restart
- Bodyguard
- Treasury
- Graft
- Scrutiny
- Underworld
- Presenter
- Milieu
- Decency
- Reporter
- Populist
- Progressive
- Priestess
- Scam
- Violation
- Programme
- Organization
- Democracy
- Privacy
- Bark
- Fraud
- Group
- Lucas
- Medium
- Oscillator
- Activist
- Investigation
- Journalist
- Coverage
- Agency
- Spending
- Prague
- Charity
- Lobby
- Blog
- Cpu
- Breed
- Allegation
- Botswana
- Citizen
- Dogs
- Regulator
- Criticism
- Watch
- Campaigning
- Sticking
Adjective
Wiktionary
WATCHDOG, noun. A guard dog
WATCHDOG, noun. A person or organization that monitors and publicizes the behavior of others (individuals, corporations, governments) to discover undesirable activity.
WATCHDOG, verb. To perform a function analogous to that of a watchdog; to guard and warn.
WATCHDOG TIMER, noun. An electronic timer used to detect and recover from computer malfunctions by generating a timeout signal if it is not periodically reset by the system.
WATCHDOG TIMERS, noun. Plural of watchdog timer
Dictionary definition
WATCHDOG, noun. A guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste; "she is the global watchdog for human rights abuses".
WATCHDOG, noun. A dog trained to guard property.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.