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leecher

noun
/ˈliːt͡ʃəː/UK/ˈlit͡ʃɚ/CA

Etymology

From leech + -er.

  1. derived from *leǵ-✻ — “to collect, gather”
  2. inherited from *lēkijaz✻
  3. inherited from *lākī✻
  4. inherited from lǣċe
  5. inherited from leche
  6. suffixed as leecher — “leech + er”

Definitions

  1. One who leeches

    One who leeches; a physician.

  2. One who downloads material without uploading in exchange.

  3. Any downloading peer in a BitTorrent swarm, regardless of whether that peer is uploading…

    Any downloading peer in a BitTorrent swarm, regardless of whether that peer is uploading or not.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA