puller
Anything that pulls, but especially a hoist in which a cable is attached to a lever…Anything that pulls, but especially a hoist in which a cable is attached to a lever and a ratchet mechanism.
» Tom works as a rickshaw puller in Tokyo.
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2 sensesAnything that pulls, but especially a hoist in which a cable is attached to a lever and a ratchet mechanism.
A tool for pulling, such as a bearing puller.
- someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something
- someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself
Examples
2 sentencesTom works as a rickshaw puller in Tokyo.
But the job of a rickshaw puller is not easy.
Origin
From Middle English puller, pullere, equivalent to pull + -er.From Middle English puller, pullere, equivalent to pull + -er.
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Forms
plural: pullersSynonyms
2 synonyms- someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something:tuggerdragger
Word family
15 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.