What does "rooter" mean?
One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.
Rooter
noun, slang
noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.
- Grammar: rooter is listed as noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: fan, adherent, admirer, amateur.
- Useful contrasts: critic, detractor, hater.
- Usage evidence: The rooter was terrorized, what with the mechanical noises right behind it, and it abandoned evasive turns and darts and made for the horizon with pitiful desperation.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.
"The rooter was terrorized, what with the mechanical noises right behind it, and it abandoned evasive turns and darts and made for the horizon with pitiful desperation."
- 2 One who roots for, or applauds, something. US, slang
"Then, as the victorious team, streaming and slimy with mud, was borne by, literally in the arms of the populace, in a bit of momentary abstraction the beat wildly upon the thing nearest at hand, which happend to be the top of a blue and gold rooter's hat, beneath which, naturally enough, was the head of the aforementioned rooter."
- 3 an enthusiastic devotee of sports wordnet
- 4 A type of heavy machinery similar to a plow for breaking up soil, concrete, asphalt, etc. broadly
"The five rooters or plows are so fastened in the frame that any one or all can be removed if desired, and each rooter is provided with a removable point, which can be taken off and sharpened without removing the entire rooter from the from the frame."
- 5 A blade for producing a narrow groove in a piece of wood.
"In cutting across the grain a small steel cutter, No. 10, must first be used in a similar manner, moving the strip of wood which acts as a gauge, to cut the second line exactly the same width as the "rooter" blade; the "rooter" is then used as before, when the piece between the two lines made by the cutter will be neatly removed without leaving a burr, which would not be the case if the "rooter" was alone used across the grain."
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- 6 A device for boring a pathway through a blocked drain or sewer.
"The rooter was the tool that convinced me that plumbers and doctors were only alike if you'd missed out on your daily cone of mull. The head of the sewer rooter looked like something an alien would use to bore into your skull."
- 7 One who roots or rummages through something.
"Like so many of the self-made industry emperors of the late 1800s, he had been little more than a pawnshop rooter masquerading in collector's clothing, a connoisseur of canvas monstrosities, trashy novels and poetry collections […]"
- 8 A type of malware that obtains and runs using privileged access, bypassing normal security systems.
"In 2002 a new variant of auto-rooters was discovered in the wild: mass-rooters."
- 9 One who holds a primary or founding position in an enterprise.
"Basically there are two kinds of Christians, the tooters and the rooters - the talkers and the doers."
- 10 A plant, viewed in terms of how it establishes its roots.
"It is now possible to see at a glance how good rooters and poor rooters compare in their response to auxin treatments."
Example
"The rooter was terrorized, what with the mechanical noises right behind it, and it abandoned evasive turns and darts and made for the horizon with pitiful desperation."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "rooter"?
Common synonyms include: fan, adherent, admirer, amateur, applauder, appliance.
How do you use "rooter" in a sentence?
The rooter was terrorized, what with the mechanical noises right behind it, and it abandoned evasive turns and darts and made for the horizon with pitiful desperation.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From root + -er.
Etymology 2
From root (“to cheer for”) + -er.