charger
/ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.64 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who charges.
noun
A large decorative plate, sometimes used under dinner plates or other savoury-dish vessels in a multi-course meal.
noun
A speed loader that holds several cartridges together in a single unit for easier loading of a firearm's magazine.
noun
A rectal concealment container for prohibited material such as money, drugs and tools.
noun
Synonym of hard charger (“person with a good work ethic”).
Example Sentences
- "Put the batteries in the charger overnight so we can use them tomorrow."
- "GWR plans to use it on the Greenford branch in west London, making use of a fast charger at West Ealing that will charge the batteries in just three and a half minutes. This fast charger is essentially a battery installed at the lineside which is trickle-charged from the electricity grid. It can then discharge quickly into the train's batteries through charging rails and then start recharging itself while the train is running in service."
- "With the first volley Waziri fell. The speed of the chargers slackened. Another volley brought down a half dozen more."
- "That attack may damage the homosexual, but even as he is hurt, he also feels superior, because he is not a bull—a blind, stupid animal. Rather, he is an aesthete—a tweaker, not a charger."
- "The knight rode a white charger."
- "Before the stranger could make any reply to this unexpected proposition, another horseman dashed the bushes asides, and leaped his charger into the pathway in front of his companion."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: chargere
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒɚ/
- British English: /ˈtʃɑːdʒə/