watchdog
IPA: wˈɑtʃdɔg
noun
- A guard dog.
- (figurative) 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.
- (electronics, computing) Ellipsis of watchdog timer. [An electronic or software timer used to detect and recover from computer malfunctions by generating a timeout signal if it is not periodically reset by the system.]
verb
- To perform a function analogous to that of a watchdog; to guard and warn.
- (electronics) To be continuously reset by a watchdog timer.
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Examples of "watchdog" in Sentences
- It's up to the rest of us to watchdog.
- The watchdogs were standing behind him.
- Then the watchdog resets the system to a defined state.
- It is the premier watchdog organization of the province.
- The alleged watchdog is the one that needs to listen carefully.
- The Brahma Kumaris followers are the last ones to need a watchdog.
- I have a question about the inclusion of WRMEA in the watchdog list.
- The advertisements were subsequently cleared by the advertising watchdog.
- They function as good watchdogs due to their alertness and tendency to bark.
- He was also a member of the Namibian branch of the anti corruption watchdog.
- Japan's market watchdog is looking into allegations of illegal stock trading on a wide scale.
- The UK police watchdog is finally looking into the widespread use of anti-terrorism stop-and-search powers by cops.
- I love the term watchdog whilstleblower has a “rat fink” type of conotation and “watchdog” doesn’t we need a movement
- A government bailout watchdog is now reviewing the transaction, triggered by a request from Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican.
- But couldn't the Republicans have used the word "watchdog," which is the standard term, or at least found some other gender-neutral expression?
- WASHINGTON — A government watchdog is investigating government-owned GMAC Mortgage after a company employee admitted to approving thousands of foreclosures without reading the paperwork.
- 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).