BIFTER | • bifter n. (Slang, Liverpudlian) A cigarette. • bifter n. (Slang) A marijuana cigarette. • BIFTER n. (slang) a cannabis cigarette, also BIFTAH. |
DOWNSHIFTER | • downshifter n. A person who makes a transition to a less pressured or demanding career or lifestyle. • downshifter n. (Engineering) A process, algorithm, etc. that shifts something to a lower level or frequency. • DOWNSHIFTER n. one who reduces his or her working hours. |
DRIFTER | • drifter n. (Sometimes derogatory) A person who moves from place to place or job to job. • drifter n. (Nautical) A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker. • drifter n. (Automotive) A driver who uses driving techniques to modify vehicle traction to cause a vehicle to slide… |
GRIFTER | • grifter n. (Informal, originally North America) A con artist; someone who pulls confidence games; a swindler, scammer… • grifter n. (Colloquial, especially Internet) A manipulator or otherwise generally corrupt person who "games" a… • GRIFTER n. (US) a swindler. |
LIFTER | • lifter n. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting. • lifter n. (Weightlifting) A weightlifter. • lifter n. (Cricket) A delivery that bounces well off the pitch. |
POWERLIFTER | • powerlifter n. One who performs powerlifting. • POWERLIFTER n. one who practises power lifting. |
REGIFTER | • regifter n. One who regifts. • REGIFTER n. one who regifts. |
SCENESHIFTER | • sceneshifter n. One who moves the scenes in a theatre; a sceneman. • scene-shifter n. A stagehand. • SCENESHIFTER n. a worker who moves the scenes in a theater. |
SHAPESHIFTER | • shapeshifter n. (Fantasy, mythology, science fiction) A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will. • shape-shifter n. (Fantasy, mythology, science fiction) Alternative form of shapeshifter. • SHAPESHIFTER n. (in folklore) a creature that has the ability to change its physical form at will. |
SHIFTER | • shifter n. One who, or that which, shifts or changes. • shifter n. (Linguistics) A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis. • shifter n. (Dated) One who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener. |
SHOPLIFTER | • shoplifter n. A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops. • SHOPLIFTER n. one who shoplifts. |
SIFTER | • sifter n. A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients. • sifter n. (Rare) One who sifts. • sifter n. Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose, so called because it sifts or strains its food from the… |
SNIFTER | • snifter n. A small alcoholic drink. • snifter n. A pear-shaped glass for drinking brandy or other alcoholic beverages. • snifter n. (US) A severe storm. |
SWIFTER | • swifter adj. Comparative form of swift: more swift. • swifter n. (Nautical) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while it is being turned. • swifter n. (Nautical) A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides. |
UPLIFTER | • uplifter n. One who, or that which, uplifts. • UPLIFTER n. one who uplifts. |
WEIGHTLIFTER | • weightlifter n. (Weightlifting) A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts. • weightlifter n. A person who uses weights to train the muscles of the body, usually for strength or for improved performance… • weight␣lifter n. Alternative spelling of weightlifter. |