Usually means: Observing time pass, often anxiously.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word clock-watching:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. clock-watching: Merriam-Webster
  2. clock-watching, clock-watching: Collins English Dictionary
  3. clock-watching: Vocabulary.com
  4. clock-watching: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. clock-watching: Wiktionary
  6. clock-watching: Dictionary.com
  7. clock-watching: Rhymezone
  8. clock-watching: FreeDictionary.org
  9. clock-watching: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. clock-watching: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clock-watching: Idioms

(Note: See clock-watcher as well.)

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noun:  The act or habit of continually checking the time to determine the remaining amount of time one has to work or study.

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