TRACKER

tracker

(noun) someone who tracks down game

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tracker (plural trackers)

Agent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.

(US politics) A person employed to follow and monitor a political rival.

In an organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.

(computing) A type of computer software for composing music by aligning samples on parallel timelines.

(computing) A musician who writes music in a tracker.

(computing) A computer program that monitors something.

(file sharing) Server software that coordinates peers in the BitTorrent protocol.

(finance) A tracker mortgage.

Anagrams

• retrack

Source: Wiktionary


Track"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game. And of the trackers of the deer Scarce half the lessening pack was near. Sir W. Scott.

2. (Mus.)

Definition: In the organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

23 February 2025

BARGAIN

(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.

coffee icon