Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

steerer

/ˈstɪəɹə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: steer-er
IPA: /ˈstɪəɹə/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone or something that steers.

noun

A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.

Example Sentences

"It isn't long before the casino help are telling their friends not to patronize the joint, and they in turn tell their friends, and in a very short time hundreds of people know all about it. At this point, the only way to get action is to hire a flock of steerers […]"

Etymology

From steer + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈstɪəɹə/
British English: /ˈstɪəɹə/

Inflected Forms

steerers (plural)

Phrases

bunco-steerer steerer tube

Synonyms

lugger picker-up roper runner decoy

Homonyms

starer (cheer–chair merger)

Rhymes With

clearer nearer shearer hearer jeerer fearer peerer spearer

Questions

How do you pronounce steerer?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɪəɹə/.
What does steerer mean?: Someone or something that steers.
Where does steerer come from?: From steer + -er.

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