(law) The charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace.

(nautical) A small, handy purchase, consisting of a tailed double block, and a single block with a hook.

An old-fashioned ornament for the inside of a watch case, made of paper cut in some fanciful design, such as a vase of flowers, etc.

(nautical) A gun sometimes fired on shipboard at 8 p.m., when the night watch begins.

plural of watch meeting

(dated) A Christian religious service held on New Year's Eve.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of binge-watch

(informal) To watch a television programme, etc., that one dislikes, for the pleasure one gets from criticizing or making fun of it.

(informal) Such a programme.

To watch multiple episodes of a television programme in a short period of time.