STIFLER

stifler, smotherer

(noun) a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses; “he is a real conversation stifler”; “I see from all the yawn smotherers that it is time to stop”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

stifler (plural stiflers)

One who, or that which, stifles; one who represses or limits.

(military) A camouflet.

Anagrams

• filters, filtres, frislet, lifters, relifts, trifles

Source: Wiktionary


Sti"fler, n.

1. One who, or that which, stifles.

2. (Mil.)

Definition: See Camouflet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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