sitter

See also: Sitter

English

Etymology

From Middle English sitter, sittere, syttare, equivalent to sit +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪtɚ/, [ˈsɪɾɚ]
• Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)

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 participant in a séance.
4. A broody hen.
5. (soccer and snooker, slang) A very easy scoring chance.

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

   • 2015, Paul Wilson, Alexis Sánchez sends Arsenal into final after gallant Reading go the distance (in The Guardian, 18 April 2015)[1]

     Aaron Ramsey, a hero last season against Hull, missed a sitter at the end of normal time that would have made the game safe and must have been relieved that his shot against a post from four yards out did not cost his side more dearly.

Derived terms

• animalsitter, animal-sitter, animal sitter
• babysitter, baby-sitter, baby sitter
• birdsitter, bird-sitter, bird sitter
• catsitter, cat-sitter, cat sitter
• cowsitter, cow-sitter, cow sitter
• crittersitter, critter-sitter, critter sitter
• dogsitter, dog-sitter, cat sitter
• homesitter, home-sitter, home sitter
• housesitter, house-sitter, house sitter
• parrotsitter, parrot-sitter, parrot sitter
• petsitter, pet-sitter, pet sitter
• plantsitter, plant-sitter, plant sitter
• puppysitter, puppy-sitter, puppy sitter

See also

• bedsitter
• sit
• sitting duck

Anagrams

• Tetris, streit, tirest, titers, titres, tretis, triest, triste

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sitter

1. present tense of sitte

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Swedish

Verb

sitter

1. present tense of sitta.