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distracter

noun

Etymology

From distract + -er.

  1. borrowed from distractus
  2. suffixed as distracter — “distract + er”

Definitions

  1. That which distracts, or serves as a distraction.

  2. Any of the incorrect answers in a multiple-choice question, serving to distract from the…

    Any of the incorrect answers in a multiple-choice question, serving to distract from the correct answer.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for distracter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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