watchdog

English

Etymology

watch +‎ dog

Noun

watchdog (plural watchdogs)

a guard dog
a person or organization that monitors and publicizes the behavior of others (individuals, corporations, governments) to discover undesirable activity.

Derived terms

watchdog timer

Translations

dog — see guard dog

person

Chinese:
Mandarin: 監視人, 监视人 (jiānshìrén), 監管機構, 监管机构 (jiānguǎn jīgòu)
Finnish: vahtikoira (fi)
Italian: cerbero (it) m
Japanese: 監視委員会 (kanshi iinkai), 監視者 (かんししゃ, kanshisha), 監視人 (かんしにん, kanshinin)

Portuguese: vigilância (pt) f
Romanian: arbitru (ro) m
Russian: контролёр (ru) m (kontroljór)
Swedish: tillsynsorgan n (organization), tillsyningsman c (person), tillsynsman c (person), vakthund c, väktare (sv) c, kontrollorgan n (organization), övervakningsorgan n (organization)

Verb

watchdog (third-person singular simple present watchdogs, present participle watchdogging, simple past and past participle watchdogged)

To perform a function analogous to that of a watchdog; to guard and warn.
(electronics) To be continuously reset by a watchdog timer.

Translations

to guard and warn

Finnish: vartioida (fi), olla vartiossa

Anagrams

dog watch, dogwatch

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