number-cruncher

[nuhm-ber-kruhn-cher]

num·ber-crunch·er

[nuhm-ber-kruhn-cher]
noun Informal.
a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
Also, number cruncher.


Origin:
1965–70

num·ber-crunch·ing, adjective
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Number-cruncher is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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Slang Dictionary

number-cruncher definition


  1. n.
    someone who works with figures; an accountant. : The number-crunchers are trying to get the annual report ready.
  2. n.
    a large and powerful computer. (Computers.) : They traded in the old computer for a powerful number-cruncher.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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