clock-watch

clock-watch (third-person singular simple present clock-watches, present participle clock-watching, simple past and past participle clock-watched)

1. To continually look at the time to see how much longer one has to work or study.
   • 2010, Mike Perham, Sailing the Dream:

     I clock-watched constantly, my iPod on shuffle.

• clock-watcher
• clock-watching

• watchclock