lifter

noun — 7 senses

lifter

noun

UK /ˈlɪftə/

Etymology From lift + -er.

› Someone or something that lifts or assists…

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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, Weightlifting A weightlifter.

heavy lifters
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.2010, Eric Velazquez, “Power Pairings”, in Reps!, 17:83:

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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.2026, Greg Presto, “Timeless Gains”, in Men's Health, volume 41, number 2, page 14:

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A tappet.

solid lifters
hydraulic lifters

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Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A delivery that bounces well off the pitch.

When he dismissed Keith Miller, caught at short leg off a lifter, I turned round to Tony Lock[.]1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 148:

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A spatula.

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A thief.

an inveterate lifter
Is he so young a man, and so old a lifter?c. 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act 1, scene 2, line 118:

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An ionocraft.

Synonyms: fish slice, spatula, turner, thief
Derived terms: asslifter, bit lifter, cake lifter, chemise lifter, child lifter, ego lifter, foot lifter, lid-lifter, mortgage lifter, powerlifter, shirt lifter, shoplifter, sneck lifter, stain lifter, tack lifter, tacklifter, weightlifter

lifter

noun

Etymology From filter with the first syllable reversed. Modelled on the derivation of cepstrum from spectrum.

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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Signal processing A filter that operates on a cepstrum.

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