lifter — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting. A weightlifter.

   Examples

   heavy lifters

   More examples (1)

   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.

   John notes that 20th-century lifters didn't have squat racks or bench press stations—they couldn't even adjust the load of their barbells.

2. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting. A tappet.

   Examples

   solid lifters

   hydraulic lifters

3. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting. A delivery that bounces well off the pitch.

   Examples

   When he dismissed Keith Miller, caught at short leg off a lifter, I turned round to Tony Lock[.]

4. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting. A spatula.

5. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting. A thief.

   Examples

   an inveterate lifter

   Is he so young a man, and so old a lifter?

6. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting. An ionocraft.

Noun

1. A filter that operates on a cepstrum.

Noun

1. an athlete who lifts barbells

   Synonyms

   weightlifter

   Broader terms

   athletejock

2. a thief who steals goods that are in a store

   Synonyms

   boostershoplifter

   Broader terms

   thiefstealer