Watchdog

Definition: Watchdog

Watchdog

Noun

1. A dog trained to guard property.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "watchdog" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references)

Synonym: Watchdog

Keeper

Noun: keeper, custodian, custos, ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey, castellan, guard; watchdog, watchman; Charley; chokidar, durwan, hayward; sentry, sentinel; watch and ward; concierge, coast guard, guarda costa, game keeper.

Safety

Watchdog, bandog; Cerberus; watchman, patrolman, policeman; cop, dick, fuzz, smokey, peeler, zarp; sentinel, sentry, scout; (warning); garrison; guardship.

Warning

Watchtower, beacon, signal post; lighthouse; (indication of locality). sentinel, sentry; watch, watchman; watch and ward; watchdog, bandog, housedog; patrol, patrolman, vedette, picket, bivouac, scout, spy, spial; undercover agent, mole, plainclothesman; advanced guard, rear guard; lookout.

Crosswords: Watchdog

My brother is a silly watchdog! (West Side Story; writing credit: Jerome Robbins; Arthur Laurents)

The Watchdog (1945)

Watchdog Healthcheck (1998)

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Books

• Bertie Was a Watchdog (reference)

• Internet Watchdog Personal Edition 2.0 Macintosh (reference)

• The Internet Watchdog Personal Edition Windows (reference)

• The Watchdog (reference)

• Watchdog (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Environmental Watchdog (reference)

• Video Watchdog (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

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I want to trade this nut for a real watchdog!. Credit: Library of Congress.

-- The watchdog of the Treasury. Credit: Library of Congress.

The watchdog. Credit: Library of Congress.

Watchdog / Oliphant. Credit: Library of Congress.

The neighborhood watchdog. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

Recent scares include contaminated cod liver oil stocks and possible harmful effects of large doses of vitamin C. These stories are reported by all the major U.K. press, such as the BBC’s weekly TV program Watchdog Healthcheck and the Sunday Times magazine, which has a regular natural health column that often includes discussions of nutritional supplement usage. (references)

Children

Togo

In November traditional chiefs met and agreed to set up watchdog committees and conduct awareness campaigns against the abuse of children, especially trafficking, confinement in voodoo shrines, FGM, torture, forced marriages, and other forms of sexual harassment. (references)

Brazil

On April 6, President Cardoso signed into law what is essentially a patients' bill of rights, which for the first time establishes clear criteria for commitment into mental institutions and gives the Public Minister (an independent watchdog agency) an opportunity to review each case of involuntary or compulsory commitment. (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

As a result of this financial dependence, the media's autonomy and its ability to act as a watchdog remained weak. (references)

Discrimination

Hong Kong

Past criticism of the organization for passivity and for emphasizing conciliation instead of acting as a watchdog or pursuing court cases disappeared as the Commission has become increasingly activist in its approach. (references)

Economic History

Jamaica

The National Consumer League, a local NGO, plays a watchdog role. (references)

Qatar

No regional or local watchdog organization operates in this country. (references)

Human Rights

Albania

Although it lacks the power to enforce decisions, the People's Advocate acts a watchdog for human rights violations. (references)

Poland

The Office of the Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection (the Ombudsman) is the Government's watchdog for human rights. (references)

Panama

Justicia y Paz, the Catholic Church's human rights watchdog group, brings prison abuses to the attention of the authorities. (references)

Minorities

Tanzania

The Muslim representative belongs to the BAKWATA; several urban Muslim leaders and a majority of urban Muslims believe that the BAKWATA is a government-imposed watchdog organization. (references)

Political Economy

Japan

Diet members tend to be very sensitive to "pocketbook" issues, interest groups play a key role in promoting and/or blocking legislation and regulations, the free press plays a key watchdog role. (references)

Trade

Peru

Peru's consumer watchdog agency, INDECOPI, has a small standards office to develop and enforce Peruvian product standards. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "watchdog": watchdog committee. Additional references.

Albanian

rojtar (care-taker, custodian, ganger, gangsman, gaoler, old timer, overlooker, sentinel, sentry, watch, watchman), qen roje (listening-dog, mastiff). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كلب الحراسة, ‏حرس (escort, guard, guarding, lifeguard, patrol, safeguard, shepherd, squire, ward, watch). (various references)

Bulgarian 

куче пазач, пазител (custodian, depositary, keeper, protection, protector). (various references)

Chinese 

监视人 (spotter). (various references)

Czech

kontrolor (auditor, checker, comptroller, controller, supervisor), hlídací pes (house dog, watch dog), dozorèí (supervisory). (various references)

Dutch

bewakingscircuit. (various references)

Farsi 

نگهبانی دادن , نگهبان بودن , نگهبان (Curator, Custodian, Escort, Guardian, Guardsman, Keeper, Lifeguard, Sentinel, Sentry, Ward, Warden, Watchman), سگ پاسبان , سگ نگهبان . (various references)

French

chien de garde. (various references)

German

Wachhund (guard dog). (various references)

Greek 

φύλαξ (keeper, look out, tender), φρουρόσ (custodian, guard, guardsman, look out, patrol, patrolman, sentinel, sentry, vedette, vidette, warder, watch, watchman), άγρυπνοσ (alert, awake, open-eyed, sleepless, wake, wakeful, watchfulness). (various references)

Hebrew 

כלב שמיר�". (various references)

Hungarian

házőrző kutya (house dog). (various references)

Italian

cane da guardia (bandog, watch dog). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

番犬 , ウォール街 (surveillance, Ukraine, ukulele, umlaut, vodka, Vostok, Wall Street, walnut, wand, wanted, washable, wash-and-wear, washer, watch, watching, watchman, won, wood, woodcraft, woodpecker, Worcestersauce). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ば�"け�", ウォッチドッグ (surveillance). (various references)

Manx

moddey arrey (house dog). (various references)

Pig Latin

atchdogway.(various references)

Portuguese

cão de guarda. (various references)

Russian 

сторожевой собака, сторожевой пес (house dog, house-dog, listening-dog). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pas čuvar (house dog), budan čuvar. (various references)

Spanish

perro guardián. (various references)

Swedish

vakthund (listening-dog). (various references)

Turkish

bekçi köpeği (bandog, guard dog). (various references)

Ukrainian

сторожовий пес, спостерігач (beholder, gazer, inspector, observer, onlooker, outlook, visualizer, watcher), цензор (censor), наглядач (censor, gangsman, gaoler, inspector, jailer, nigger-driver, overlooker, overman, overseer, reeve, searcher, spy, superintendent, supervisor, taskmaster, warden). (various references)

Vietnamese 

chó giữ nh� (house-dog). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "watchdog": watchdogged, watchdogging, watchdogs. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: dogwatch.

-3 letters: cahow, octad, watch.

-4 letters: chad, chao, chat, chaw, chow, coat, coda, dago, dato, dawt, dhow, doat, doth, ghat, goad, goat, gowd, oath, tach, taco, thaw, toad, toga, what, whoa, woad.

-5 letters: act, ado, ago, cad, cat, caw, cod, cog, cot, cow, dag, dah, daw, doc, dog, dot, dow, gad, gat, goa, god, got.

+1 letter: watchdogs.

+2 letters: dogwatches.

+3 letters: watchdogged.

+4 letters: watchdogging.