Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which dazzles; specifically, one who produces an effect by gaudy or meretricious display.

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  • noun one who dazzles

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Examples

  • Just watch the pigskin dazzler (Is that the Stanford band???)

    Video: Butler High School pulls off miraculous victory Cindy Boren 2010

  • The dazzler is a non-lethal weapon intended to cause temporary blindness or disorientation and therefore fall outside this protocol.

    Disturbing? 2010

  • A dazzler is a type of a directed-energy weapon employing intense visible light, usually generated by a laser laser dazzler.

    Disturbing? 2010

  • Another dazzler is a short dress and jacket completely paved in tiny sequins in a colorful flower design on a green background.

    Women I Have Dressed (and Undressed!) Arnold Scaasi 2004

  • This did indeed protect them, in much the same manner as a blind man is immune to 'dazzler' weapons.

    Darth Sidious: People Person 2005

  • Israel is close to swinging an order to upgrade French-origin Mirage 2000 aircraft with the Delhi, Dec. 11: A palm-sized 'dazzler' pistol that will freeze a human target for 30 seconds, stun grenades stuffed with chilli powder, suffocating

    WN.com - Articles related to India 3G auction delayed again 2009

  • One "dazzler" is extracurricular activities like website building.

    GearFire - Tips for Students 2009

  • And the SWORDS itself is being replaced by a new version named after the Roman god of war-the MAARS (Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System), which carries a more powerful machine gun, 40mm grenade launchers, and, for non-lethal settings, a green laser "dazzler," tear gas, and a loudspeaker, perfect for warning any insurgents that "Resistance is futile."

    Latest Articles 2009

  • The day had been a dazzler, hot against the skin with scratchy sunlight raking the thick July green.

    Country diary: Wenlock Edge 2011

  • Jonathan Monro is a solid foil as Fingers for the brash Leo Ash Evens as Toes, the ladykiller and razzle-dazzler.

    Michael Giltz: Theater: New York Musical Festival (NYMF) Roundup Michael Giltz 2010

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  • See Wordnik examples for this word's pairing with "pistol" and "weapons".

    December 7, 2010

  • But none with "bobby" :(

    December 7, 2010

  • See bobby-dazzler.

    December 7, 2010