reverser

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noun

Something which reverses a particular action or condition.

“a polarity reverser”

UncommonScrabble 11

Meanings

nounreverser (plural reversers)

plural reversers

  1. Something which reverses a particular action or condition.

    a polarity reverser

    1 more example

    The down grade would give her a start, and then, if Mitchell got his reverser over smartly, he might catch her on the right angle, and she would come back. Mitchell reversed, and moved forward, but to the horror of the fireman, he didn't stop!

    1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 53
    1. aeronauticsA thrust reverser.
  2. Scots lawA mortgager of land.
  3. slangcomputingA reverse-engineer.

    Antidebugger techniques are particularly effective when combined with code encryption because encrypting the program forces reversers to run it inside a debugger in order to allow the program to decrypt itself.

    2011, Eldad Eilam, Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering

Origin

  1. Middle Englishreversen
  2. Englishreverse
  3. Englishreverser

From reverse + -er.

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APA

reverser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverser

MLA

“reverser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverser. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reverser,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverser.

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