mover
noun/ˈmuːvə/
Etymology From move + -er.
1
Someone who or something that moves.
2
A dancer.
3
A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another.
- I'm getting too old to expect my friends to schlep all my stuff for beer and pizza. I'm hiring movers this time.
4
Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting.
5
A product that sells well.
- "The Celtic Soul Brothers" (#86, 1983) was a moderate mover of a follow-up.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 389:
6
Board games, Chess, Games In compounds A chess problem in which the solver must attain checkmate within the specified number of moves.
- Derived terms
- earthmover, fast mover, first mover, household goods mover, house mover, mover and shaker, needle-mover, needle mover, nonmover, people mover, prime mover, side mover, trashmover, unmoved mover