spotter

From spot +‎ -er.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈspɒt.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈspɑ.tɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ)

spotter (plural spotters)

1. A person who observes something.
2. A member of a sniper team who in addition to this function is responsible for providing additional information about targets from a different point of view.
3. (weightlifting, gymnastics, climbing) One who supervises a person performing an activity, in order to help them should they be unable to complete it.
   • 1981 December 12, Melissa Wills, “Moving Metal”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 10:

     Due to a spotter's lack of action in holding the weight when a lifter lost her balance, the lifter badly pulled some muscles.

4. (US) A person who gives directions for a crane or vehicle (that is challenging to navigate) from a different point of view to the moved load.

   Synonyms: banksman, dogman, lookout, observer, signalman

5. Dolphins of the genus Stenella, and specifically Stenella attenuata distinguished from the streaker (Stenella coeruleoalba) and the spinner (Stenella longirostris).

   Synonym: spotted dolphin

6. (motor racing) A team member responsible for communication with the driver to keep them up-to-date about on-track events, such as other nearby cars.
7. (broadcasting) A person employed to assist a sports presenter by identifying the players or events during a game.

• G-spotter

• “spotter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• Potters, potters, protest, strepto, strepto-

spotter

1. present of spotte

spotter m (definite singular spotteren, indefinite plural spottere, definite plural spotterne)

1. jeerer; mocker

• spottar (Nynorsk)

• IPA^(key): /esˈpoteɾ/ [esˈpo.t̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -oteɾ

spotter m (plural spotteres)

1. spotter (clarification of this definition is needed)