Grazer
/ˈɡɹeɪz.ə(ɹ)/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who or that which grazes, in any sense.
"It seems likely that parents are free to respond in these different ways because they have no fear of their child growing into a chronic, adult knee-grazer."
- 2 A native or inhabitant of Graz.
- 3 An animal that grazes.
"There were large hippolike grazers (Teleoceras, Brachypotherium, and Peraceras superciliosum)[…]"
- 4 A television viewer with a short attention span who switches between channels regularly.
"Grazers have a lower level of involvement and view only when "something is happening.""
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More examples"It seems likely that parents are free to respond in these different ways because they have no fear of their child growing into a chronic, adult knee-grazer."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From graze + -er.
Etymology 2
From Graz + -er.