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STIFLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stifler mean?
• STIFLER (noun)
The noun STIFLER has 1 sense:
1. a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses
Familiarity information: STIFLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who stifles or smothers or suppresses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
smotherer; stifler
Context example:
I see from all the yawn smotherers that it is time to stop
Hypernyms ("stifler" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
stifle (suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity)
stifle (suppress in order to conceal or hide)
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