getter

[ get-er ]

/ ˈgɛt ər /

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noun

a person or thing that gets.

any substance introduced into a partial vacuum, as the interior of a vacuum tube or an incandescent lamp, to combine chemically with the residual gas in order to increase the vacuum.

Chiefly Canadian. poisoned bait used to exterminate wolves, gophers, and other pests from farm areas.

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Origin of getter

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at get, -er¹

Words nearby getter

get something off one's chest, get something on someone, get somewhere, get straight, get stuffed, getter, gettering, get the advantage of, get the air, get the ax, get the ball rolling

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How to use getter in a sentence

The independent and go-getter spirit started young, with the band plastering posters throughout the Windy City.
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She is certainly a risk-taker and attention-getter, but often for matters of costume, props, and behavior.
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He is, by all accounts, brilliant; a dashing, urbane go-getter who exudes charm.
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Schnur raised about half a million dollars while top vote getter Democrat Alex Padilla raised over $2 million.
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Iraqis just held elections on April 30, and, although Maliki was the top vote-getter, many more people voted against him.
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The Marble Game-Getter comes the nearest to it of any now made, but that is not just to my liking.
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I took the short bow and arrows, as game getter; but we left the rifle for the71 camp.
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If he had come on working as a getter, I should ha' been nowhere; he's a weigher now and makes fat, and his muscles are flabby.
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Then, at no time to his death was he a sure foal getter, even to a few mares.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887|Various
I hadn't saved none, thinkin' I'd got Rockefeller skinned to death as a money-getter.
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British Dictionary definitions for getter

getter

/ (ˈɡɛtə) /

noun

a person or thing that gets

a substance, usually a metal such as titanium, evaporated onto the walls of a vacuum tube, vessel, etc, to adsorb the residual gas and lower the pressure

verb

(tr) to remove (a gas) by the action of a getter

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