watchout

Plural: watchouts

Noun

• The act of looking out or being alert for something.
• A lookout; a person who stands guard watching for something.
• Any potentially hazardous condition or situation that may make a fire more dangerous.

Examples

• A change in wind direction is a watchout.
• Being uninformed on firefighting strategy and tactics is a watchout.
• Her final move was a WATCHOUT, preventing me from playing my bingo word.