Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person who second-guesses.

  2. (slang)A person, particularly a fan, who questions or criticizes decisions made by the players or managers, especially after the results of those actions are known.

Origin

From second + guesser. First use appears c. 1937. By a back-formation, second-guess as a v

From second + guesser. First use appears c. 1937. By a back-formation, second-guess as a verb appears a few years later in 1941.

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Forms

plural: second guessers

Word family

1 related words

See also

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