Antonyms for repeater

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ri-pee-ter

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpi tər

Definition of repeater

Origin : 1570s, agent noun from repeat (v.). As a type of firearm from 1868; as "a frequent offender" from 1884.

As in timepiece : noun device that tells time
As in convict : noun criminal
As in criminal : noun person who breaks the law

Example sentences :

Just as she finished there came to her the crack of Dinsmore's repeater.
Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine

When, then, his repeater had told him the hour, Aaron turned and addressed his brother.
Extract from : « Manasseh » by Maurus Jokai

He touched the spring of his repeater, to correct this most preposterous clock.
Extract from : « A Christmas Carol » by Charles Dickens

I struck my repeater, and this seemed to astound her greatly.
Extract from : « Carmen » by Prosper Merimee

Then Oliver took out his watch, which was a repeater, and struck it.
Extract from : « Queen Sheba's Ring » by H. Rider Haggard

Among them was a repeater, belonging to our young Marylander.
Extract from : « The Professor at the Breakfast Table » by Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)

Odd to see a savage so engaged; above all possessed of a repeater!
Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid

It would have been as likely to have happened to my repeater, if I had kept it at home.
Extract from : « Rollo's Museum » by Jacob Abbott

In Fig. 41 we have what remains of a quarter repeater with musical attachment.
Extract from : « Time and Its Measurement » by James Arthur

He took out the repeater that I had seen before and set it striking.
Extract from : « Sonia Married » by Stephen McKenna

Synonyms for repeater

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