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takers

takers is the plural of taker.

Meaning of taker

Noun

taker (plural takers)

  1. One who takes something.
    • She is known as quite a risk taker.
  2. A person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives.
    • I don't want to be a relationship with you anymore - you are too much of a taker.
  3. One who is willing to participate in, or buy, something.
    • Are there any takers for helping me clean the garage this weekend?
  4. (obsolete) A nipper or claw of a scorpion.
    • The ſixt is like a Crabbe, & this is called by Elianus a flamant Scorpion, it is of a great body, and hath tonges and takers very ſolid and ſtrong, like the Gramuell or Creuiſh, & is therefore thought to take the beginning from that fiſh.1608, Edward Topsell, “Of the Scorpion”, in The Historie of Serpents. Or, The Second Booke of Liuing Creatures: […], London: […] William Jaggard, →OCLC, page 223

Phrases with takers

Questions about takers

What is takers the plural of?
Takers is the plural of taker.

Words near takers in the dictionary

  1. takeovers
  2. taker
  3. taker-backer
  4. taker-backers
  5. taker-off
  6. takers
  7. takers-off
  8. takes
  9. takes (something) to
  10. takes a back seat
  11. takes a bath

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