exerciser

[ ek-ser-sahy-zer ]

noun
  1. a person or thing that exercises.

  2. an athletic device or machine employed in exercising.

  1. a groom in a stable responsible for exercising horses.

Origin of exerciser

1
First recorded in 1545–55; exercise + -er1

Other words from exerciser

  • non·ex·er·cis·er, noun

Words Nearby exerciser

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How to use exerciser in a sentence

  • He could get him a pair of Indian clubs or dumb-bells or an exerciser and bring himself back to health that way.

    The "Genius" | Theodore Dreiser
  • I find that I derive considerable benefit when I am nervous from the use of a rubber exerciser.

    The "Genius" | Theodore Dreiser
  • And on the top of all were the snaky rubber cords of an exerciser and a ten-pound, horsehair-stuffed medicine-ball.

    The Tower of Oblivion | Oliver Onions
  • Once more Abe seized his partner's hand and shook it rhythmically up and down as though it were a patent exerciser.

    Potash & Perlmutter | Montague Glass
  • Standing there, with his arms stretched out like an exerciser, he made some grimaces, whose meaning was obvious to the prisoners.

British Dictionary definitions for exerciser

exerciser

/ (ˈɛksəˌsaɪzə) /


noun
  1. a device with springs or elasticated cords for muscular exercise

  2. a person or thing that exercises

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