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lifters

lifters is the plural of lifter.

Meaning of lifter

Noun

lifter (plural lifters)

  1. A weightlifter.
    • heavy lifters
  2. A tappet.
    • solid 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
  6. An ionocraft.

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Phrases with lifters

Questions about lifters

What is lifters the plural of?
Lifters is the plural of lifter.

Words near lifters in the dictionary

  1. lifted the bar
  2. lifted the lid
  3. lifted up
  4. lifter
  5. liftering
  6. lifters
  7. liftest
  8. lifteth
  9. liftgate
  10. liftgates
  11. liftglass

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