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Pistol, in slang
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equalizer
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Equalizer or equaliser (see spelling differences ) may refer to:
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion [syn: equaliser ] an equivalent counterbalancing weight [syn: counterweight , counterbalance , counterpoise , balance , equaliser ] a score that makes the match even
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 One who makes equal; a balancer. 2 (label en sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a graphic equalizer EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Just before the end Trainer slid in an equalizer to send the game into extra time. ▪ One is that great communications equalizer , the Internet.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Equalizer \E"qual*i`zer\, n. One who, or that which, equalizes anything. same as Equalizing bar . A device, as a bar, for operating two brakes, esp. a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force. (Elec.) Any device for equalizing the pull of ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1792, agent noun from equalize . Sports sense attested by 1930; in the U.S. underworld slang sense of "pistol," it is from c.1900.
Usage examples of equalizer.
Though the sound quality was poor, by tweaking the parametric equalizers, and pumping up the compressors, most of the conversation became audible.
The stereo system dominating a small electronics shop drew him close to the glass, five disk CD changer, digital tuner with forty presets, six-mode preset equalizer, dual full-logic cassette decks, extra bass, and he found himself wondering covetously about sub-woofers and wattage.
Besides, that twenty-five-millimeter chain gun makes for a nice equalizer.
This rod he held in his hands was the great equalizer and he'd see if she treated him like a cur dog when rammed deep between those open thighs and buried the head far up inside her aristocratic little belly.
Leia leaned toward the high side, but the automatic equalizers activated, and the vehicle was level even before she realized what she was doing.
The landspeeder rocked and bucked, and there were times when the strain of keeping it level made the equalizers scream like an incoming TIE.
The equalizers began to wail again, the pitch rising toward the inaudible as they strained against the power of the wind.
Both hangars connected with the big axial workway that ran through the center of the vessel right down to the thrust equalizers, nine-tenths the length of the ship.
The divertors are ineffective, and the longitudinal equalizers can't compensate even at full gain.
As Dicky explained, once you get stretched out in a big recliner, you don't want to be jumping up and down adjusting the graphic equalizer.
It is his only valid status symbol, his equalizer, and he pampers it the same way a busty Hollywood starlet pampers her body.
Wouldn't be able to put up much of a fight -- though, she thought with wry amusement, the tire iron had the potential to be a great equalizer.