What does "tracker" mean?
Agent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.
Tracker
/ˈtɹækə(ɹ)/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Agent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.
- Grammar: tracker is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: data logger, footprinter, hound, hunter.
- Useful contrasts: evader, hider, nontracking device.
- Usage evidence: Layla was an Aborigine tracker.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Agent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game. agent, form-of
"On Friday night, eight US Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers took off from Altus, Oklahoma, according to data from FlightRadar24. Over Kansas the tankers refueled two groups of planes, identified on air traffic control audio by their callsigns MYTEE11 FLT and MYTEE21 FLT. The callsign MYTEE has previously been associated with special activity flights by B-2 bombers, and multiple flight trackers on social media said the planes being refueled were B-2 bombers out of Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri."
- 2 someone who tracks down game wordnet
- 3 Agent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.; A person employed to follow and monitor a political rival. US
"While she and Mr. Fetterman were often in different places, she would turn up at events early so she could shoot and post photos of the crowds, the lines, the people. At most events there was a tracker: a guy from the Oz team who monitored the goings-on."
- 4 In an organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.
- 5 A type of computer software for composing music by aligning notes or samples on parallel timelines.
"Trackers have broken out of the demoscene, are are^([sic]) now in use by thousands of professional musicians. It's not uncommon to hear about people using trackers on DJ forums, and electronic music production communities[…]"
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- 6 A musician who writes music in a tracker.
"You can always find musicians. There are more trackers than coders, pixelers, organizers, couriers, and designers combined."
- 7 A computer program that monitors something.
- 8 A computer program that monitors something.; Server software that coordinates peers in the BitTorrent protocol.
- 9 A tracker mortgage.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Layla was an Aborigine tracker."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "tracker"?
Common synonyms include: data logger, footprinter, hound, hunter, investigator, monitoring device.
How do you use "tracker" in a sentence?
Layla was an Aborigine tracker.
How do you pronounce "tracker"?
Pronounced /ˈtɹækə(ɹ)/.
Etymology
From track + -er.