Definitions for counters
  • Counter (adv.) - A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
  • Counter (v. t.) - One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
  • Counter (v. t.) - A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
  • Counter (v. t.) - Money; coin; -- used in contempt.
  • Counter (v. t.) - A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
  • Counter (v. t.) - A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
  • Counter (v. t.) - A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.
  • Counter (adv.) - Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
  • Counter (adv.) - In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
  • Counter (adv.) - At or against the front or face.
  • Counter (a.) - Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.
  • Counter (adv.) - The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
  • Counter (adv.) - Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.
  • Counter (adv.) - The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
  • Counter (adv.) - The back leather or heel part of a boot.
  • Counter (n.) - An encounter.
  • Counter (v. i.) - To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
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  • Countering - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Counterly - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Counters - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
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