spotter
spotter
Definition
spot·ter (spät′ər)
noun
a person or thing that spots; specif.,
- a person whose work is removing spots, etc. in dry cleaning
- ☆ a person hired to watch for dishonesty, etc. among employees, as in a store
- a person who watches for, and reports, enemy aircraft
- a person who determines, as for a gun crew, the position of a target and the closeness to it of the projectiles fired
- ☆ a football coach's assistant in the stands who reports on the plays to the bench by phone; also, an assistant to a sports announcer who helps identify the players for the announcer
spotter
Usage Examples
Possessives
- guide: PLUS read the secret diary of a brave river explorer and get to know your watery wildlife with our spotter's guide.
Converse of object
- have: Bench press throw With this exercise make sure you have two spotters, one on each side of the bar.
- use: I feel obliged to repeat the warning: always use a spotter, and only use weights that you can manage.
- become: So become a plane spotter and count the bombs and don't forget to get your stop and search sponsorship form.
Adjective modifier
- keen: John Wheatley As a young lad John was a keen plane spotter, - there were many raids by enemy aircraft over the Bay.
- would-be: Clothes so we top For Getaways Travel of the nights of politics of would-be spotters.
- avid: Once again, these programs are something the avid actor spotter need not get excited about, and the story line is equally uninspiring.
- first-time: First-time spotter " Suz " arrives with this rarely-seen ( Northern?
Modifies a noun
- plane: A spotter plane is used to circle above the reef looking for whale sharks.
- aircraft: Königsberg fired first, targeting via shore spotters, the monitors replying using spotter aircraft.
- scheme: The James Street practice is a member of the RCGP spotter scheme.
- telescope: Spotter telescopes of between 60mm and 100mm aperture may be used to photograph the Moon simply by holding the camera lens to the eyepiece.
- magazine: Basically a spotters magazine, with worldwide reports on aircraft movements and registration changes.
- guide: Cartoons and photos are scattered throughout the book as well as several " spotters guides " .
Noun used with modifier
- plane: A serious plane spotter will build up a stock of notes of all the tail numbers he or she has seen.
- talent: LTA talent spotters will be on the look out for kids who possess the innate sporting potential to be a future tennis champion.
- train: By the way, train spotters take note - 750,000 people use Tokyo station every day.
- aircraft: Some 800 skilled aircraft spotters went to sea in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships to take part in the ' Invasion of Europe ' .
- bird: On our particular party, we were never short of authorized bird spotters.
- trend: Trend spotters At the recent Alite team meeting we asked the question: how will schools differ in five years time?
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