weight-watcher [ weyt -woch-er ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈweɪtˌwɒtʃ ər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun
a person who is dieting to lose or maintain their weight.
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Origin of weight-watcher An Americanism dating back to 1965–70
OTHER WORDS FROM weight-watcher weight-watching, adjective, noun
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How to use weight-watcher in a sentence A lot of people ring in the New Year with vows to lose weight and exercise.
Yet we keep doing the cleanses, buying the meal replacement bars, and joining Weight Watchers.
The problem, says UC Davis physiologist and nutritionist Linda Bacon, is that very few people can lose weight and keep it off.
Then the commercial weight loss behemoths Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig joined this crowded field.
The rule of law, you see, buckles, bends and sometimes crumbles under the weight of racism, sexism, and classism.
Of course, considerations of weight have to be taken into account, but the more mould round the roots the better.
Results are in terms of bulk of precipitate, which must not be confused with percentage by weight.
The weight percentage can be found by referring to Purdy's tables, given later.
But for the most part even industry and endowment were powerless against the inertia of custom and the dead-weight of environment.
All the eight planets added together only make one-seven-hundredth part of his weight.
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British Dictionary definitions for weight-watcher
noun
a person who tries to lose weight, esp by dieting
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