timer

About 2.20 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Agent noun of time: someone or something that times. A device used to measure amounts of time.

   start the timer when you hear the gunshot

2. noun A device used to measure amounts of time.

   start the timer when you hear the gunshot

3. noun Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time.
4. noun A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.
5. noun One who has done something a certain number of times.

   third-timer

6. noun One characterized by a certain time or time frame, such as their work hours.

Similar words

clocking timekeeping timekeeper clock stopwatch scheduler timing developer bomb counting

Often followed by

is and to for in on control that expires

Word family

timers