Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that applies spots.
  • noun One that looks for, locates, and reports something, as.
  • noun A military or civil defense lookout.
  • noun Informal A person hired to detect dishonest acts by employees, as in a bank.
  • noun One who identifies players on the field, as for a radio or television announcer.
  • noun One who is responsible for watching and guarding a performer during practice to prevent injury, as in gymnastics or weightlifting.
  • noun One employed by a dry cleaner to remove spots.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which spots; specifically, one who is employed to shadow suspicious or suspected persons; a detective.
  • noun Specifically, a person employed to keep secret watch on the employees of a company, especially on a street railway to spot or note the number of fares (if any) not turned in by the conductor.
  • noun Naval, a person stationed at a suitable position above the deck to note the point at which the shots from a gun strike with reference to a target or the enemy's vessel, and thus give information as to the necessary correction of the range at which the gun-sight is set.
  • noun One who tints photographs.
  • noun A somersault in which the performer comes down upon the same spot from which he springs—that is, does not advance forward or backward.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who spots.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person who observes something.
  • noun military A member of a sniper team.
  • noun weightlifting, gymnastics, climbing A person who keeps watch of the person performing an activity, in order to help them should they be unable to complete it.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers)
  • noun a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
  • noun someone who is the first to observe something
  • noun a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots

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Examples

  • * In the first scene, Gunny Swagger and his spotter are about to shoot at bad guys and the spotter is calling off distances in yards.

    The Gun Nut Takes Aim At Shooter 2007

  • So it may have just been where they think units are moving or they have indications from what they call a spotter, someone informing them.

    CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2003 2003

  • Not to mention that your spotter could be your best friend.

    The Spotter 2008

  • If you are pressed for time, do not choose free weights, because it takes longer to train with them—changing weights, changing bars—and you need another person commonly referred to as a spotter.

    Hold it! Edward J. Jackwski 1995

  • If you are pressed for time, do not choose free weights, because it takes longer to train with them—changing weights, changing bars—and you need another person commonly referred to as a spotter.

    Hold it! Edward J. Jackwski 1995

  • If you are pressed for time, do not choose free weights, because it takes longer to train with them—changing weights, changing bars—and you need another person commonly referred to as a spotter.

    Hold it! Edward J. Jackwski 1995

  • If you are pressed for time, do not choose free weights, because it takes longer to train with them—changing weights, changing bars—and you need another person commonly referred to as a spotter.

    Hold it! Edward J. Jackwski 1995

  • "The spotter is the third musketeer on the radio, and when he became available, I listened to a lot of tapes, I did a lot of research, and although the timing was short, I recognized his style will help us build upon our continued communication improvements."

    Brownsville Herald : 2010

  • Crew chief Steve Letarte said after listening to tapes of Dickerson, he believed the spotter could be the key to helping Gordon close out races.

    Brownsville Herald : 2010

  • "The spotter is the third musketeer on the radio, and when he became available, I listened to a lot of tapes, I did a lot of research, and although the timing was short, I recognized his style will help us build upon our continued communication improvements."

    ESPN.com 2010

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