Meaning
7 sensesSomeone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
A weightlifter.
heavy lifters
A tappet.
solid lifters
hydraulic lifters
A delivery that bounces well off the pitch.
A spatula.
A thief.
an inveterate lifter
a thief who steals goods that are in a store
An ionocraft.
A filter that operates on a cepstrum.
Examples
8 sentencesTom looked like a weight lifter.
Tom looks like a weight lifter.
You look like a weight lifter.
Tom doesn't look like a weight lifter.
You don't look like a weight lifter.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From filter with the first syllable reversed. Modelled on the derivation of cepstrum froFrom filter with the first syllable reversed. Modelled on the derivation of cepstrum from spectrum.
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Forms
plural: liftersSynonyms
28 synonymsthiefA2abstractorappropriatorbaggerboosterborrowercribberfakerfilcherfloggerheisterlarcenerlarcenistliberator
Close in meaning
- an athlete who lifts barbells:weightlifter
- a thief who steals goods that are in a store:boostershoplifter