FOOTER

footnote, footer

(noun) a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

pedestrian, walker, footer

(noun) a person who travels by foot

footer

(noun) (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet; “he is a six-footer”; “the golfer sank a 40-footer”; “his yacht is a 60-footer”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

footer (plural footers)

(archaic) A footgoer; pedestrian

(computing) A line of information printed at the bottom of a page as identification of the document (compare foot, 13).

(in combination) something that is a stated number of feet in some dimension - such as a six-footer.

(in combination) someone who has a preference for a certain foot - such as right-footer/left-footer

Antonyms

• (computing sense): header

Etymology 2

Noun

footer (plural footers)

(chiefly, British, slang) Football / soccer.

Etymology 3

Verb

footer (third-person singular simple present footers, present participle footering, simple past and past participle footered)

(Ireland, &, Scotland, slang) To meddle with or pass time without accomplishing anything meaningful.

Synonyms

• fidget, fuss, idle, potter, trifle

Anagrams

• foetor, fĹ“tor, refoot, tofore

Source: Wiktionary



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28 April 2024

POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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