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lifter

/ˈlɪftə/

lifter noun: a weightlifter.

Noun (1)

lifter (plural lifters)

  1. A weightlifter.
    • heavy lifters
    • While some lifters insist that supersets must consist of consecutive exercises for the same bodypart, others would bet their weight belts that supersets involve opposing bodyparts.2010, Eric Velazquez, “Power Pairings”, in Reps!, 17:83
  2. A tappet.
    • solid lifters
    • hydraulic lifters
  3. 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[.]1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 148
  4. A spatula.
  5. A thief.
    • an inveterate lifter
    • Is he so young a man, and so old a lifter?c. 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act 1, scene 2, line 118
  6. An ionocraft.

Noun (2)

lifter (plural lifters)

  1. A filter that operates on a cepstrum.

Examples of lifter in a sentence

  • All lifters were certified by affidavit and polygraph to be steroid free.
  • Muscle flexers and weight lifters have been given academic approval by a University of California scientist.
  • The best vehicle available today to collect recycleables from 55-gallon drums is a fifth-wheel, trailer mounted, compactor with a drum lifter.

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Synonyms of lifter

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Forms of lifter

plurallifters

Plural of lifter: lifters

Origin of lifter

From lift + -er.

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

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Questions about lifter

What does lifter mean?
Lifter means a weightlifter.
What part of speech is lifter?
Lifter is a noun.
How do you pronounce lifter?
Lifter is pronounced /ˈlɪftə/ (UK).
What is the plural of lifter?
The plural of lifter is lifters.

Words near lifter in the dictionary

  1. lifted oneself up by one's own waistbands
  2. lifted someone's spirits
  3. lifted the bar
  4. lifted the lid
  5. lifted up
  6. lifter
  7. liftering
  8. lifters
  9. liftest
  10. lifteth
  11. liftgate

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