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loser
9 dictionary results for: Loser
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
los·er       [loo-zer] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a person, team, nation, etc., that loses: The visiting team was the loser in the series.
2.Informal.
a.a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor or, esp., a felony: a two-time loser.
b.a person who has failed at a particular activity: a loser at marriage.
c.someone or something that is marked by consistently or thoroughly bad quality, performance, etc.: Don't bother to see that film, it's a real loser.
3.Slang. a misfit, esp. someone who has never or seldom been successful at a job, personal relationship, etc.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME losere destroyer; see lose, -er1]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
los·er       (lōō'zər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. One that fails to win: the losers of the game.
    2. One who takes loss in a specified way: a graceful loser; a poor loser.
    3. One that fails consistently, especially a person with bad luck or poor skills: "losers at home seeking wealth and glory in undeveloped countries" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
    4. One that is bad in quality: That book is a real loser.
    1. One that fails consistently, especially a person with bad luck or poor skills: "losers at home seeking wealth and glory in undeveloped countries" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
    2. One that is bad in quality: That book is a real loser.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
loser 
"a destroyer," 1340, from lose (q.v.). Sense of "one who suffers loss" is from 1548; meaning "horse that loses a race" is from 1902; "convicted criminal" is from 1912; "hapless person" is 1955 student slang.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
loser

noun
1. a contestant who loses the contest [ant: victor] 
2. a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently [syn: failure] [ant: achiever] 
3. a gambler who loses a bet [ant: winner] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

loser

see under finders, keepers.


The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Wallstreet Words - Cite This Source - Share This

loser

A security that has fallen in price during a specified period. Compare gainer.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

loser jargon
An unexpectedly bad situation, program, programmer, or person. Someone who habitually loses. (Even winners can lose occasionally). Someone who knows not and knows not that he knows not. Emphatic forms are "real loser", "total loser", and "complete loser" (but not **"moby loser", which would be a contradiction in terms).
See luser.
[The Jargon File]
(1995-04-19)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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loser

n. An unexpectedly bad situation, program, programmer, or person. Someone who habitually loses. (Even winners can lose occasionally.) Someone who knows not and knows not that he knows not. Emphatic forms are `real loser', `total loser', and `complete loser' (but not **`moby loser', which would be a contradiction in terms). See luser.

Jargon File 4.2.0
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Loser

Los"er\, n. One who loses. --South.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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