timer
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mər
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Timer
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a device for measuring, recording, or indicating time |
| 2. | a switch or regulator that causes a mechanism to operate at a specific time or at predetermined intervals |
| 3. | a person or thing that times |
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Example sentences
One of the last levels is a timed one, which challenges you to complete the objectives before the timer reaches zero.
Thread the timer tape through the timer and use masking tape to attach the ticker tape to the vehicle.
As contestants finished, they smacked a timer, then closed their eyes and put their heads down on the table.
The clock also works as an alarm clock and sleep timer.
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