English-Thai Dictionary
watchdog
N สุนัข เฝ้าบ้าน dog guard su-nak-fao-ban
watchdog
VT เฝ้าบ้าน เป็น ยาม รักษาการณ์ fao-ban
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
WATCHDOG
WATCHDOG Watch "dog `, n.
Defn: A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.
New American Oxford Dictionary
watchdog
watch dog |ˈwäCHˌdôg ˈwɑtʃˌdɔɡ ˈwɔtʃˌdɔɡ | ▶noun a dog kept to guard private property. • a person or group whose function is to monitor the practices of companies providing a particular service or utility: a watchdog for the global banking industry. ▶verb ( watchdogs, watchdogging, watchdogged ) [ with obj. ] maintain surveillance over (a person, activity, or situation ): how can we watchdog our investments?
Oxford Dictionary
watchdog
watch |dog |ˈwɒtʃdɒg | ▶noun a dog kept to guard private property. • a person or group that monitors the practices of companies providing a particular service or utility: the consumer watchdog for transport in London. ▶verb ( watchdogs, watchdogging, watchdogged ) [ with obj. ] monitor (a person, activity, or situation ): how can we watchdog our investments?
American Oxford Thesaurus
watchdog
watchdog noun 1 they use watchdogs to ward off trespassers: guard dog. 2 a consumer watchdog: ombudsman, monitor, scrutineer, inspector, supervisor; custodian, guardian, protector.
Oxford Thesaurus
watchdog
watchdog noun 1 they use watchdogs and armed guards to ward off trespassers: guard dog, house dog. 2 the department acts as a watchdog over life assurance companies | a consumer watchdog: ombudsman, monitor, scrutineer, inspector, observer, supervisor; custodian, guardian, guard, protector.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
watchdog
w á tch d ò g 〖原義は 2 〗名詞 C 1 〖しばしば形容詞的に 〗監視人 (の ), 監察委員 (の ).2 番犬 .