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watchout en · NOUN

Etymology

Deverbal from watch out.

Meanings

1. A lookout; a person who stands guard watching for something.
   • Half of the beggars observed appeared to have watchouts and, similar to those on the Strand, on some pitches two watchouts operated looking out for police coming from different directions. 1995, Jeanne Moore, The Faces of Homelessness in London, page 218:
2. Any potentially hazardous condition or situation that may make a fire more dangerous.
   • Being uninformed on firefighting strategy and tactics is a watchout.
   • A change in wind direction is a watchout.

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