stopwatch noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.I etched the face of a stopwatch on the back of a raindrop And did a swap for the sand in an hourglass — 2011 verb1 •To time (something) by means of a stopwatch. formsstopwatched · stopwatching · stopwatches