repeater

Plural: repeaters

Noun

• A person or device that repeats something.
• a person who repeats
  • "the audience consisted largely of repeaters who had seen the movie many times"
• someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
• a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading
• (electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again
  • "repeaters can be used in computer networks to extend cabling distances"
• One who or that which repeats.
• A student repeating a course, class, or grade.
• A patient who repeatedly presents with the same symptoms.
• A consumer who repeatedly purchases the same goods or services.
• One who votes more than once at an election.
• A person who regularly sees unexplained sightings of paranormal phenomena.
• A gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot.
• A telegraphic instrument for automatically retransmitting a message.
• An electronic device that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power.
• A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.
• A frigate appointed to attend an admiral in a fleet, and to repeat the admiral's signals.
• A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.
• A repeating decimal.
• In calico printing, a design repeated at equal intervals in a pattern.

Examples

• That player was a notorious repeater, always using the same high-scoring words.

Synonyms

habitual criminal, recidivist, repeating firearm, translator

Antonyms

single-shot

Related Words

autoloader, repeat offender, revolver, semiauto