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Word: keeper (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A person who keeps something.
  • American football An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
  • A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
  • A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard.
  • slang Someone or something worth keeping.
  • sports The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.

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