timer

Definition

  • noun: a special watch that is used to measure the amount of time that is taken to finish a race, a test, etc.
  • noun: one that 'times'
  • often used after 'on'
  • synonyms: big ben, annalist, automatic switch

Examples

  • Some of the employees are 'full-timers', but most of them are part-timers.

  • Some of the employees are full-timers, but most of them are 'part-timers'.

  • It's good for 'old-timers' like me to have young people around.

Movie quotes

  • (..) I know more about casino security than any man. I invented it. And it cannot be beaten. They got cameras and watchers, they got locks. They got timers, vaults. They got enough armed personnel to occupy Paris! Okay, bad example. It's never been tried . It's been tried . (..)
    2001 Ocean's Eleven