sitter

English

Etymology

to sit + -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sɪtə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /sIt@(r\)/
• Rhymes: -ɪtə(r)

Noun

sitter (plural sitters)

1. Someone who sits e.g. for a portrait.
2. One employed to watch or tend something; the general form of babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.

   It's always such a pain to get a sitter on short notice.

3. A broody hen.
4. (soccer and snooker) A really easy scoring chance.

   How could he miss that? It was an absolute sitter!

See also

• sit
• bed-sitter

Anagrams

• Tetris
• titers
• titres
• triste

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Norwegian

Verb

sitter

1. Present tense of sitte

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Swedish

Verb

sitter

1. present tense of sitta.