DEFINITIONS

splicer

[ splahy-ser ]
/ ˈsplaɪ sər /

noun

a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.

Words nearby splicer

splenorrhaphy, splenotomy, splenotoxin, spleuchan, splice, splicer, splicing, spliff, spline, splint, splint bone

Origin of splicer

First recorded in 1925–30; splice + -er1
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Examples from the Web for splicer

  • One which hardly shows itself, from the neatness of the rope and the skill of the splicer.

    The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth

  • It was an envelope slipped behind the bookcase, containing a bill from Splicer, the London cricket-bat-maker, dated a year ago.

    The Master of the Shell|Talbot Baines Reed