charger
/ˈtʃɑːdʒə/US/ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒɚ/
charger noun: a device that charges or recharges.
Noun (1)
charger (plural chargers)
- A device that charges or recharges.
- Put the batteries in the charger overnight so we can use them tomorrow.
- GWR plans to use it on the Greenford branch in west London, making use of a fast charger at West Ealing that will charge the batteries in just three and a half minutes. This fast charger is essentially a battery installed at the lineside which is trickle-charged from the electricity grid. It can...2024 March 6, “Network News: GWR '230' sets UK battery record”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 13
- One who charges.
- With the first volley Waziri fell. The speed of the chargers slackened. Another volley brought down a half dozen more.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 135
- That attack may damage the homosexual, but even as he is hurt, he also feels superior, because he is not a bull—a blind, stupid animal. Rather, he is an aesthete—a tweaker, not a charger.2018, Robert J. Stoller, Perversion: The Erotic Form of Hatred
- A large horse trained for battle and used by the cavalry.
- The knight rode a white charger.
- Before the stranger could make any reply to this unexpected proposition, another horseman dashed the bushes asides, and leaped his charger into the pathway in front of his companion.1826, [James Fenimore Cooper], The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757. […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea— […], →OCLC, page 43
- A large platter.
- And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 14:8
- A large decorative plate, sometimes used under dinner plates or other savoury-dish vessels in a multi-course meal.
- The fancy restaurant used a white porcelain charger when serving.
- Synonyms:
- service plate, underplate
- A speed loader that holds several cartridges together in a single unit for easier loading of a firearm's magazine.
- A rectal concealment container for prohibited material such as money, drugs and tools.
- "See this? This is a charger. It's used by convicts to hide money and drugs. They stick it in their body, they tuck it up their rectum."2004, Brian Helgeland, 01:44:10 from the start, in Man on Fire
- Synonym of hard charger (“person with a good work ethic”).
- Miller had a new executive officer, a real charger, as they're known in the trade, who was looking into all aspects of the operation up there.1980, Bill Gulley, Mary Ellen Reese, Breaking Cover, page 161
- Synonyms:
- hard charger
Noun (2) capitalized: Charger
Charger (plural Chargers)
- A member of the Los Angeles Chargers.
charger meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
charger in Hindi
- a device that charges or recharges
- चार्जर cārjar, आवेशक āveśak
charger in Tamil
- சார்ஜர், சார்ஜரை
charger in Marathi
- चार्जर
charger in Urdu
- چارجر, چارج کرنے والا
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- charger in Bengali
- আক্রমণকারী
- charger in Telugu
- ఛార్జర్
- charger in Malayalam
- ചാർജർ, ചാർജ്ജർ
- charger in Kannada
- ಹೊತ್ತಿಕೆ
- charger in Punjabi
- ਚਾਰਜਰ, ਚਾਰਜ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ, ਚਾਰਜ਼ਰ
- charger in Gujarati
- ચાર્જર, ચાર્જ કરનાર
- charger in Odia
- ଚାର୍ଜର, ଚାର୍ଜର୍
- charger in Nepali
- चार्जर
- charger in Tagalog
- panablay
- charger in Arabic
- شَاحِن šāḥin
- charger in Persian
- شارژر šâržer
- charger in Thai
- เครื่องประจุแบตเตอรี่ krʉ̂ʉang bprà-jù bɛ̀t-dtəə-rîi, ม้าศึก
- charger in Vietnamese
- bộ nạp điện
Examples of charger in a sentence
- GWR plans to use it on the Greenford branch in west London, making use of a fast charger at West Ealing that will charge the batteries in just three and a half minutes.2024 March 6, “Network News: GWR '230' sets UK battery record”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 13:
- My centuria slept in one of the stables, under the stone mangers where the names of the cavalry chargers were still inscribed.1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter I, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:
Synonyms of charger
- service plate
- underplate
- hard charger
Forms of charger
| plural | chargers |
|---|---|
| plural | Chargers |
Origin of charger
From Middle English chargere, equivalent to charge + -er.
Words formed from charger
Phrases with charger
Words that rhyme with charger
Questions about charger
- What does charger mean?
- Charger means a device that charges or recharges.
- What is charger in Hindi?
- Charger in Hindi is चार्जर (cārjar), आवेशक (āveśak). See Charger meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use charger in a sentence?
- GWR plans to use it on the Greenford branch in west London, making use of a fast charger at West Ealing that will charge the batteries in just three and a half minutes.
- What part of speech is charger?
- Charger is a noun.
- How do you pronounce charger?
- Charger is pronounced /ˈtʃɑːdʒə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of charger?
- The plural of charger is chargers.
Words near charger in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: charger (page history and authors); Charger (page history and authors); charger (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); charger (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); charger (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); charger (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); charger (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); charger (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); charger (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); charger (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); charger (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); charger (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); charger (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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