Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the incorrect answers presented as a choice in a multiple-choice test.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which distracts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, distracts away.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That which
distracts , or serves as adistraction - noun Any of the
incorrect answers in amultiple-choice question
Etymologies
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Examples
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The biggest "distracter" of course, is President Bush himself.
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"Sometimes one answer will be 65 percent right, and the 'distracter' will be 60 percent right," one test designer explained.
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In one of these experiments, participants 'eye movements were recorded as they read a story that included a few' distracter 'words that were unrelated to the story.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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An example of a "distracter": You feel out of control of certain elements of your life.
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They talked about how parents have told them how children can be the great distracter, and can allow couples not to deal with issues between the two of them - they are busy with the kids!
>An interview with Laura Carroll, conducted by Carol Dominy. First published in BellaOnline.com. 2010
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This is a distracter to take down the greatest player in this political game for not only the republican nominee but the presidency.
Is That Legal?: A Bit More on Mitt Romney and Henry Ford 2007
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The Pastor Wright imbroglio is a distracter to the Bear Stearns meltdown.
Obama's Church: Pillorying Wright An Assault Upon African-American Culture 2009
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June 15, 2009 at 11:15 am agreed! nao, distracter LCB!
Yeah – you were rite Pete - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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If I try to think of something to distract it, the music goes off but I have to keep thinking of the distracter.
Dr. Leo Rangell: Music in the Head: Living at the Brain-Mind Border; Part 2 2008
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If I try to think of something to distract it, the music goes off but I have to keep thinking of the distracter.
Dr. Leo Rangell: Music in the Head: Living at the Brain-Mind Border; Part 2 2006
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