opener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ.pən.ə/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.pən.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈəʉ.pən.ə/
ipa: /ˈəʉp.nə/
Forms: form: openers
Etymology: From open + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Have you, like the opener of this debate, discovered, sapiently enough, that "the peace party, with Lord Aberdeen at their head, were the chief cause of the war"?
ref: 1863, The British Controversialist: And Literary Magazine, page 122:
glosses: A person who opens something.
glosses: A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
examples: text: The late-night openers in the mall include two restaurants and a clothing store.
glosses: An establishment that opens.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: The player who starts the betting.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.
topics: arts
crafts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: The first act in a variety show or concert.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A batsman or bowler who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.
glosses: The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation.
examples: text: The opener came from a Jarvis ball which struck Aleksandar Kolarov en route to a lively round of pinball between City players before it was poked in by Milijas.
ref: 2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4 - 3 Wolves”, in BBC:
text: England were on the scoreboard after only one minute, Wilkinson, who missed five penalties in his side's opener against the Pumas, knocking over a three-pointer from bang in front, despite boos from the crowd.
ref: 2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:
text: His debut was highly anticipated, but Rodgers only saw 94 seconds of game time as he suffered the significant injury in the Jets’ season opener against the Buffalo Bills when he was sacked by edge rusher Leonard Floyd, only four plays in.
ref: 2023 December 20, Sam Joseph, “Aaron Rodgers writes off this season as ‘lost year,’ but quarterback says he feels ‘I can play more years’ in NFL”, in CNN:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The first game played in a competition.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The first goal or point scored.
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A period of time when it is legal to commercially fish.
examples: text: The Rays debuted the opener—in which a reliever starts the game and throws anywhere from one to three innings, then gives way to a new pitcher, who will usually throw three to five as essentially a second starter—on May 19 against the Angels, using veteran righty Sergio Romo to pitch the first.
ref: 2018 August 23, Jon Tayler, “How the Tampa Bay Rays Reinvented the Concept of Starting Pitching”, in Sports Illustrated:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A pitcher who specializes in getting the first outs of a game before being replaced, either by a long reliever or a pitcher who would normally start.
Hyponyms: sense: of the sense “tool or machine used to open”
word: bottle opener
sense: of the sense “tool or machine used to open”
word: can opener
sense: of the sense “tool or machine used to open”
word: tin opener
Derived terms: word: bottle-opener
word: door opener
word: eye-opener
word: for openers
word: jar opener
word: letter opener
word: pew-opener
word: pipe-opener