Meaning

4 senses
  1. (UK)A particularly difficult question or puzzle.

    knifflige Frage, harte Nuss, Knacknuss

    a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

  2. Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.

    Even as a child, she was a habitual poser of difficult questions.

    Fragender, Frager, Fragesteller

  3. Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.

    Künstlermodell, Modell, Fotomodell

    a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

  4. (derogatory, slang)A poseur (one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others); a fake fan.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. He's such a poser.

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  2. Tom is a poser.

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  3. Tom is such a poser.

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  4. He's a poser.

    ruОн позёр.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 3
a particularly difficult question or puzzle:
someone who asks a question or sets a problem:
someone who, or something which, poses; with their body in a fixed position:

Forms

plural: posers
Singularposer
Pluralposers

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem:stumpertoughiesticker
  • a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor:model
  • a person who habitually pretends to be something they are not:poseur

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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