noun ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.; A weightlifter.

   "heavy lifters"

2. 2
   A filter that operates on a cepstrum.
3. 3
   a thief who steals goods that are in a store wordnet
4. 4
   Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.; A tappet.

   "solid lifters"

5. 5
   an athlete who lifts barbells wordnet

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6. 6
   Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.; A delivery that bounces well off the pitch.

   "When he dismissed Keith Miller, caught at short leg off a lifter, I turned round to Tony Lock[.]"

7. 7
   Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.; A spatula.
8. 8
   Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.; A thief.

   "an inveterate lifter"

9. 9
   Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.; An ionocraft.

Synonyms

All synonyms

boosterboosterthiefabstractorandironappropriator

Example

More examples

"Tom looked like a weight lifter."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From lift + -er.

Etymology 2

From filter with the first syllable reversed. Modelled on the derivation of cepstrum from spectrum.

Related phrases

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