getter

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɡɛtə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(get′ər)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
get•ter  (get′ər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person or thing that gets.
  2. any substance introduced into a partial vacuum, as the interior of a vacuum tube or an incandescent lamp, to combine chemically with the residual gas in order to increase the vacuum.
  3. British Terms[Chiefly Canadian.]poisoned bait used to exterminate wolves, gophers, and other pests from farm areas.
  • 1325–75; Middle English; see get, -er1

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
getter / ˈɡɛtə/
  1. a person or thing that gets
  2. a substance, usually a metal such as titanium, evaporated onto the walls of a vacuum tube, vessel, etc, to adsorb the residual gas and lower the pressure
'getter' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
assume - gettering - go-getter - hustler - mover - vote-getter

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