sitter
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English sitter, sittere, syttare, equivalent to sit + -er.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪtə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪtɚ/, [ˈsɪɾɚ]
- Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
sitter (plural sitters)
- Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
- 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.
- A broody hen.
- (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.
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Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
sitter
- present tense of sitte
Swedish[edit]
Verb[edit]
sitter
- present tense of sitta.
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