Crossword clues for spotter
spotter
- Gymnastics coach, often
- Gymnast's helper
- Gymnast's assistant
- Weightlifter's helper
- Weight room figure
- A worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots
- A worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers)
- A person employed to watch for something to happen
- Someone who is the first to observe something
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
spotter \spot"ter\ (sp[o^]t"t[~e]r), n. One who spots.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, "one who makes spots," agent noun from spot (v.). From 1893 in hunting; 1903 in sense "look-out."
Wiktionary
n. 1 A person who observes something. 2 (context military English) A member of a sniper team. 3 (context weightlifting gymnastics climbing English) One who supervises a person performing an activity, in order to help them should they be unable to complete it.
WordNet
n. a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots
a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers)
a person employed to watch for something to happen [syn: lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, scout, picket]
someone who is the first to observe something [syn: finder, discoverer]
Wikipedia
A spotter is someone trained to look for something. The term has the following special meanings.
- Weather spotter, an individual who observes the weather to inform other groups.
- Storm spotter, a weather spotter who observes specific weather events.
- In the military, a spotter is a member of a sniper team.
- In weight training, a spotter will assist someone lifting a weight for safety; see spotting (weight training).
- In bouldering, a person who assists others in accident prevention; see Spotting (climbing)
- Transportation enthusiasts who enjoy watching various transport-related activities:
- Train spotter, a railfan.
- An aircraft spotter, someone who engages in aircraft spotting.
- A bus spotter, someone who engages in bus spotting.
- A British term for a police or military intelligence informant.
- Spotter (auto racing), a term used in auto racing
- A local writer for Spotted by Locals
A spotter in auto racing is a trained team member whose job is to relay information to their driver, keeping them alert of what is occurring on the track. They are typically positioned higher, atop one of the grandstands or other support buildings, to see the entire track. Spotters keep in constant contact with their drivers via two-way radio communication. Spotters are considered the drivers' "eyes" and are one of the more nota yet simple, safety measures adopted by professional auto racing in the past two decades.
Usage examples of "spotter".
Gunnery officers and spotters waited intently for any indication that the two remaining cruisers were returning to undistorted space-time, or that the main body of the fleet was giving up its futile search for the ghost ships.
Half a dozen chase cars stood by, ready to track the balloons, two men in each car, the driver and the spotter.
Not only the impulsive Bahamians, but also the more methodical Americans, with their spotter planes, their cutters, and their computers.
As Gunther paid the air cabman, the detectives glanced at their wrist spotters and punched the red button set into each case.
Fieseler Storch spotter plane taxied out of the hangar, the Luftwaffe insignia plain on its wings and fuselage and the two mechanics who followed it wore black Luftwaffe overalls.
He knew)he couldride freely down the cliffs to the coast and no enemy spotter would beable to see anything that would give away his inspection of the beach area.
The flyer was like the ones used as spotters by the collies on Plinry, the underside loading hatch and one of the side doors would be accessible from his skid.
By noon of the second day, spotters reported the creepies falling back into the ruins.
The hit on the monastery had shown that the team was professional, but even so, the spotter screamed reflexively, and at that moment, Drew screamed as well, the traditional Zen outcry, intended to distract his opponent while helping Drew to focus the strength he released along with the air from his lungs.
The Interpol spotters might not realize that Amadori was dead, that a show of force from local police units might be enough to shut the heart of the revolution down.
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Giant bluefin tuna are still hunted this way, but fishermen use spotter planes to find their prey and electric harpoons to kill them.
Mike Stitzel had once been a doorman at a local gambling house and was probably a spotter for the two gunmen.
The ground base is undoubtedly acting as targeting spotter for the blockade forces, as well as being a threat to any incoming transports.
On the way they passed a charging land rush of three TV camera crews, five groups of amateur spotters in their rusty ham-hacker trucks, and two sheriff's deputies.