Definition of "keeper" in Anglais

noun

1. One who keeps (retains) something.

   • Finders keepers; losers weepers.

2. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.

3. A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.

4. (informal) A person or thing worth keeping.

5. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.

6. (sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket; a goalkeeper or wicketkeeper.

7. At Eton College, a student who is the captain of a sport or an activity such as drama.

8. A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.

9. A thin, flexible tress or tongue of material (e.g. leather) at the end of a crop opposite the handle, which is broad enough to prevent the horse's skin from being marked as it might be by a whip.

10. (American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.

11. Synonym of armature (“piece of metal connecting the poles of a magnet to preserve its strength by forming a circuit”).

    • The continuous lines indicate the moments, when the magnet and keeper of equal diameter (10.5mm) act upon each other […]