grazer

noun — 4 senses

grazer

nounalso spelled Grazer

/ˈɡɹeɪz.ə(ɹ)/

Etymology From graze + -er.

1

One who or that which grazes, in any sense.

  • It seems likely that parents are free to respond in these different ways because they have no fear of their child growing into a chronic, adult knee-grazer.1995, Margaret Fawcus, Stuttering: From Theory to Practice, page 41:
2

An animal that grazes.

  • There were large hippolike grazers (Teleoceras, Brachypotherium, and Peraceras superciliosum)[…]1998, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals, page 595:
  • For instance, the little bush moa fed nearly exclusively on forest vegetation, whereas the heavy-footed moa was a grazer in open vegetation habitats.2018 April 4, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian:
3

A television viewer with a short attention span who switches between channels regularly.

  • Grazers have a lower level of involvement and view only when "something is happening."2004, Stanley D. Brunn, Susan L. Cutter, J. W. Harrington Jr., Geography and Technology, page 330:
Derived terms
Earth-grazer, macrograzer, mesograzer, micrograzer, sungrazer

Grazer

noun

Etymology From Graz + -er.

1

A native or inhabitant of Graz.

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