Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dog trained to guard people or property.
- noun One who serves as a guardian or protector against waste, loss, or illegal practices.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dog kept to watch or guard premises and property.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a guard dog
- noun a person or organization that
monitors andpublicizes the behavior of others (individuals, corporations, governments) to discover undesirable activity. - verb To perform a function analogous to a watchdog.
- verb To guard and
warn .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste
- noun a dog trained to guard property
Etymologies
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Examples
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But couldn't the Republicans have used the word "watchdog," which is the standard term, or at least found some other gender-neutral expression?
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But couldn't the Republicans have used the word "watchdog," which is the standard term, or at least found some other gender-neutral expression?
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But couldn't the Republicans have used the word "watchdog," which is the standard term, or at least found some other gender-neutral expression?
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I love the term watchdog whilstleblower has a “rat fink” type of conotation and “watchdog” doesn’t we need a movement
Firedoglake » If the Gnome Is in the Garden, Meet at the Jefferson Memorial at High Noon… 2006
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A government bailout watchdog is now reviewing the transaction, triggered by a request from Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican.
White House Calling The Shots On GM IPO: Reuters Ryan McCarthy 2010
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WASHINGTON — A government watchdog is investigating government-owned GMAC Mortgage after a company employee admitted to approving thousands of foreclosures without reading the paperwork.
Bailout Watchdog Investigating Alleged Foreclosure Fraud The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The UK police watchdog is finally looking into the widespread use of anti-terrorism stop-and-search powers by cops.
Boing Boing 2009
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Japan's market watchdog is looking into allegations of illegal stock trading on a wide scale.
Japan's Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish Stock Regulator James Simms 2010
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The British food watchdog is asking fast-food restaurants to add calorie-counts to their menus -- and want to adopt a set of "traffic light" labels that indicate dangerously high levels of salt, fat, sugar (or, presumably, eyeball-gnawing maggots, see post below).
Boing Boing 2009
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A government bailout watchdog is now reviewing the transaction, triggered by a request from Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican.
White House Calling The Shots On GM IPO: Reuters Ryan McCarthy 2010
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