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flooders

flooders is the plural of flooder.

Meaning of flooder

Noun (1)

flooder (plural flooders)

  1. A channel or device for carrying and controlling water used in flood irrigation.
    • If this first catch-water is to be employed at any time as a flooder, the upper edge of its bank must be carefully trimmed to the level; but I believe, on the whole, it will be more advisable to make a separate flooder immediately below, which may be cut at the exact level by means of the plumb...1814, The Fourth Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the Nature and Extent of the Several Bogs in Ireland and the Practicability of Draining and Cultivating Them, page 35
  2. (Internet) A person who floods message boards, chat rooms etc. with unwanted or repetitive comments.
    • The flooder may be seeking attention ("see what I can do!") or trying to disrupt the socializing in the rooms.1998, Cyberpsychology & Behavior
  3. (informal) Something that tends to flood.
    • The Director of Works and Mr. John Locket confirmed the fact that this River is a "terrible flooder."1921, Jamaica Legislature Legislative Council, Minutes - Volume 62, page lxviii
  4. A device for controlling or maintaining the flow of liquid.
    • This has lead ^([sic]) to the development of another type of flooder used in the eastern fields. The bottom collar on the pump is tapped for a1/4-inch street ell just below the standing valve seat, so that the standing valve will not seal the hole.1931, Harold Coulter George, Oil Well Completion and Operation, page 202

Noun (2)

flooder (plural flooders)

  1. (informal) A person employed to handle issues arising from flooding.
    • You know, Dan, that's the man I rowed with all day, never did know I had a peg leg in that big boot, and that I wasn't really a flooder.1941, Elisabeth Sinclair Peck, Tibb's flooders: a tale of the Ohio River flood of 1937, page 156

Questions about flooders

What is flooders the plural of?
Flooders is the plural of flooder.

Words near flooders in the dictionary

  1. flooded gum
  2. flooded gums
  3. flooded out
  4. flooded the zone
  5. flooder
  6. flooders
  7. floodest
  8. floodeth
  9. floodflow
  10. floodflows
  11. floodful

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