smiler
smiler noun: someone who smiles.
Noun (1)
smiler (plural smilers)
- Someone who smiles.
- Jenny hadn’t been a natural hugger, but she’d been a smiler, a handholder.2012, Joy Dettman, Wind in the Wires, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 28
- The mouth.
- You're asking for a punch in the smiler!
Noun (2) capitalized: Smiler
Smiler (plural Smilers)
- A fan of American singer and actress Miley Cyrus.
- When she rose to the throne of the iTunes charts with her single “Royals”, she was met with some hateful tweets from Smilers (aka Miley Cyrus fans).2013, Erin McAuliffe, "Lorde's 'Pure Heroine'", The Observer (University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College), Volume 47, Issue 26, 1 October 2013, page 8
- Smilers can expect tweets revolving around Miley's dogs, hit new album Bangerz and selfies with her classic tongue pose.2014, "People to add to your timeline in 2014", The Vidette (Illinois State University), Volume 126, Number 63, 16 January 2014, page 14
Forms of smiler
| plural | smilers |
|---|---|
| plural | Smilers |
Origin of smiler
From Middle English smyler, smylere; equivalent to smile + -er.
The singer was born Destiny Hope Cyrus but nicknamed Smiley (later Miley) by her parents because she often smiled as a baby; hence smile + -er.
Questions about smiler
- What does smiler mean?
- Smiler means someone who smiles.
- What part of speech is smiler?
- Smiler is a noun.
- What is the plural of smiler?
- The plural of smiler is smilers.
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