taker

noun
/ˈteɪkɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English takere, equivalent to take + -er.

  1. inherited from takere

Definitions

  1. One who takes something.

    • She is known as quite a risk taker.
    • The hostage taker decided to surrender to the police.
    • The study could not confirm the real percentage of drug takers in the country.
  2. A person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives.

    • I don't want to be a relationship with you anymore - you are too much of a taker.
  3. One who is willing to participate in, or buy, something.

    • Are there any takers for helping me clean the garage this weekend?
    • I'm selling handmade postcards—any takers?
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A nipper or claw of a scorpion.

      • The ſixt is like a Crabbe, & this is called by Elianus a flamant Scorpion, it is of a great body, and hath tonges and takers very ſolid and ſtrong, like the Gramuell or Creuiſh, & is therefore thought to take the beginning from that fiſh.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for taker. 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