lifter

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɪftə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪftə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From lift + -er.

Noun

lifter (plural lifters)

  1. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
  2. (weightlifting) A weightlifter.
    • 2010, Eric Velazquez, “Power Pairings”, in Reps!, 17:83:
      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.
  3. (cricket) A delivery that bounces well off the pitch.
    • 1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 148:
      When he dismissed Keith Miller, caught at short leg off a lifter, I turned round to Tony Lock[.]
  4. A spatula.
  5. A thief.
  6. An ionocraft.
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

lifter (plural lifters)

  1. (signal processing) A filter that operates on a cepstrum.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From liften + -er.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

lifter m (plural lifters, diminutive liftertje n, feminine liftster)

  1. hitchhiker

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lif.te/
  • (file)

Verb

lifter

  1. to give a facelift to
  2. (sports) to lift the ball (over an opponent)

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