A “getter,” designed primarily to kill coyotes, is a cyanide device with a scented wick. It is stuck in the ground, and it injects cyanide into the mouth of any animal that tugs at the wick (New Yorker).
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get|ter-up|per — «GEHT uhr UHP uhr», noun. U.S. Informal. a person who gets up: »I m a late getter upper; I usually start working around 11 (Newsweek) … Useful english dictionary
get|ter|ing — «GEHT uhr ihng», noun. the process by which residual gases are removed from a vacuum tube by means of a getter … Useful english dictionary
get·ter — /ˈgɛtɚ/ noun, pl ters [count] : someone or something that receives, gets, or is given something the top vote getter [=the person who receives the most votes] a real attention getter … Useful english dictionary
be|get´ter — be|get «bih GEHT», transitive verb, got or (Archaic) gat, got|ten or got, get|ting. 1. to become the father of. SYNONYM(S): procreate … Useful english dictionary
for|get|ter|y — «fuhr GEHT uhr ee», noun. U.S. Dialect or Informal. a capacity or aptitude for forgetting; inability to remember … Useful english dictionary
for|get|ter — «fuhr GEHT uhr», noun. a person who forgets … Useful english dictionary
go-get|ter — «GOH GEHT uhr», noun. Informal. an energetic person who tries hard for and usually gets what he is after … Useful english dictionary
vote-get|ter — «VOHT GEHT uhr», noun. Informal. a person who is successful in getting votes; popular candidate: »He is a good senator and might make a good President, but unless he is able to prove himself an irresistible vote getter he is unlikely to be given… … Useful english dictionary
ter — ter; ter·a·con·ic; ter·a·cryl·ic; ter·a·glin; ter·aph; ter·as; ter·a·tism; ter·a·to·genesis; ter·a·to·gen·ic; ter·a·to·log·i·cal; ter·a·tol·o·gist; ter·a·tol·o·gy; ter·a·to·ma; ter·a·to·sis; ter·bi·um; ter·centennial; ter·centesimal; ter·ce·ron;… … English syllables
get — al·get·ic; an·al·get·ic; apol·o·get·i·cal; apol·o·get·ics; get; be·get; be·get·tal; be·get·ter; bou·get; brag·get; bud·get·ary; cyn·e·get·ic; cyn·e·get·ics; drug·get; en·er·get·ic; en·er·get·i·cal; en·er·get·i·cist; ex·e·get·ic; ex·e·get·ics;… … English syllables
