turners

Noun (1)

turner (plural turners)

1. One who or that which turns.
   • Everyone kept turning around and craning their necks to look at the gaps, and Miss Griffin gave all the turners and craners paralyzing stares whenever she caught their eye.2016, Robin Stevens, Murder Is Bad Manners, page 236
2. A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.
3. A kitchen utensil used for turning food.

   Synonyms:

   fish slice, spatula

4. A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
5. A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.

Noun (2)

turner (plural turners)

1. An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.

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