| DESPATCH | • despatch n. Alternative form of dispatch. • despatch v. Alternative form of dispatch. • DESPATCH v. to deal with speedily. |
| DETHATCH | • dethatch v. (Transitive) To abrade the surface of a lawn or turf in order to remove dead grass. • DETHATCH v. to remove thatch from. |
| DISPATCH | • dispatch v. (Transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness. • dispatch v. (Transitive) To send (a person) away hastily. • dispatch v. (Transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer. |
| DOGWATCH | • dogwatch n. (Nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. • dogwatch n. (By extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty. • dogwatch n. (Nautical) A very brief period of naval service. |
| EYEPATCH | • eyepatch n. Alternative form of eye patch. • eye␣patch n. An opaque patch worn so as to cover one eye in order to protect or conceal it, or to treat amblyopia in children. • EYEPATCH n. a patch worn to protect an injured eye. |
| MIDWATCH | • midwatch n. (Nautical) A watch kept from midnight until four o’clock in the morning. • MIDWATCH n. a watch on a ship between midnight and four a.m. |
| MISMATCH | • mismatch v. To match unsuitably; to fail to match. • mismatch n. Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable. • MISMATCH v. to match badly. |
| MISPATCH | • mispatch v. (Transitive, computing) To patch wrongly. • MISPATCH v. to patch badly. |
| NUTHATCH | • nuthatch n. Any of various small passerine birds from the family Sittidae (and its single genus Sitta), found throughout… • NUTHATCH n. any of various small passerine birds of the genus Sitta. |
| OUTCATCH | • outcatch v. (Transitive) To catch more or better than. • OUTCATCH v. to surpass in catching. |
| OUTMATCH | • outmatch v. (Transitive) to surpass or be better than something or someone else. • OUTMATCH v. to surpass. |
| OUTWATCH | • outwatch v. To watch more than someone else. • outwatch v. To maintain a vigil beyond the end. • OUTWATCH v. to watch longer than. |
| POTLATCH | • potlatch n. (Canada, US, also figuratively) A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest… • potlatch n. (US, chiefly Alaska) A communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share; a potluck. • potlatch v. (Transitive) To give; especially, to give as a gift during a potlatch ceremony. |
| SEECATCH | • seecatch n. (Alaska) A full-grown male northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus). • SEECATCH n. (Russian) an adult male Aleutian fur seal. |
| SKYWATCH | • skywatch v. To watch the sky for aircraft, satellites or UFOs or for stars, comets etc. • SKYWATCH v. to observe the sky for heavenly bodies or aircraft. |
| UNTHATCH | • unthatch v. (Transitive) To remove the thatch from. • UNTHATCH v. to strip of thatch. |