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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