looser
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈluːsə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlusɚ/
Adjective[edit]
looser
- comparative form of loose: more loose
- Her new T-shirt was just a little bit looser than the old one.
- The law is too strict; it should be made looser.
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈluːsə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlusɚ/
Noun[edit]
looser (plural loosers)
- One who looses, who sets loose or frees.
- 1844, John Wesley, The Magazine of the Wesleyan Methodist Church:
- Therefore we cannot but infer that they did not understand the promise of their Lord as uttered in a sense at variance with the established forms of language, as conveying the doctrine which the clerical binders and loosers of later ages teach.
- 1884, Stephen Bleecker Luce, Aaron Ward, Text-book of Seamanship:
- Loosers of topsails and courses, and men stationed at boom tricing-lines, […]
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
looser
- Misspelling of loser.