borer

== English == === Etymology === From bore +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɔːɹə/ (MLE) IPA(key): /ˈboːɹɐ/ (US) enPR: bôrʹər, IPA(key): /ˈbɔːɹɚ/ Rhymes: -ɔːɹə(ɹ) === Noun === borer (plural borers) A tool used for drilling. (MLE, slang) A knife fit for a stabbing. Synonyms: wetter, jook, jooker, chete, ching, ying, rambo, poker, pokey, bassy, shank, nank, splash, splasher, cheffer, cutter A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes. A tedious person, who bores others; a bore. An insect or insect larva that bores into wood. One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock. A cyclostome, such as a hagfish, which bores into injured, dead, or decaying sea creatures to feed on their flesh. (botany) The penetrating root of a parasitic plant. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “borer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === borer present of bore == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Bohrer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bǒːrer/ Hyphenation: bo‧rer === Noun === bórer m inan (Cyrillic spelling бо́рер) drill bit drill ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (drill bit): svrdlo (drill): bormašina === References === “borer”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026