tracer
/ˈtɹeɪsɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.
noun
The act or state of tracking or investigating something.
Example Sentences
- "We have a five-man tracer on him now. He's heading for a Vorster cell on Michigan Boulevard, and he's drunk as a lord. Should we intercept him?"
- "A surveyor typically conducts a tracer on his or her own and later meets up with the rest of the team to discuss findings."
- "Ain't never running but I'm a paper chasing They gon catch up to me, they gon need a pacer How they over-watching me without a tracer"
- "The next morning when she awoke, she told Darcy what had happened, and Darcy agreed that she should go to the police and this time ask them if they could put a tracer on her incoming phone calls, just in case he called again."
Etymology
From trace + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɹeɪsɚ/
- British English: /ˈtɹeɪsə(ɹ)/