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Timer

noun

A timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end.

(sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed. Synonym: timekeeper.

A regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times.

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"Timer" Quotes from Famous Books

... Twisty, old timer," said Kendric. "Rios has been talking revolution to you, has he? Sometimes an uprising down here is a nasty mess that it's easier to get into than out of again. And, if we get our hooks on the loot that brought us ...

— Daughter of the Sun - A Tale of Adventure • Jackson Gregory

... old-timer, began the entertainment anew as we sat on her porch in the early forenoon of the next day, breathing deep draughts of the honey-scented air blowing down the hills from thousands of pink-flowered manzanita bushes. She told me how she and ...

— Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories • Florence Finch Kelly

... around until he was reasonably stationary with respect to the great hunk of whirling rock and had the silver-white blotch centered on the crosshairs of the peeper in front of him. Then he punched the button that started the timer and waited for the silver spot to ...

— Anchorite • Randall Garrett

Words linked to "Timer" : chronograph, timepiece, parking meter, athletics, stop watch, regulator, egg timer, time, sport, official, stopwatch, two-timer, horologe, timekeeper, governor