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Stifler

Definition: Stifler

Stifler

Noun

1. A person who stifles or smothers or suppresses; "he is a real conversation stifler"; "I see from all the yawn smotherers that it is time to stop".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Stifler

Synonym: smotherer (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Stifler

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Hey Stifler, how's the pale ale? (American Pie; writing credit: Adam Herz)

Stifler get off! (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Stifler

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

stifler

30

american pie stifler

5

soundboard stifler

3

steve stifler

3

quote stifler

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Stifler

Language Translations for "stifler"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

καταπνίγων. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iflerstay

   

Russian 

  

подавитель;душитель. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Stifler

Derivations

Words beginning with "stifler": stiflers. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Stifler"

Words rhyming with "stifler" (pronounced 'Sti"fler'): Baffler, Maffler, Raffler, Riffler, Rifler, Ruffler, Scuffler, Shaffler, snuffler, trifler, Whiffler. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Stifler

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: filters, lifters, trifles.

Words within the letters "e-f-i-l-r-s-t"

-1 letter: filers, filets, filter, fliers, fliest, flirts, flites, itself, lifers, lifter, lister, liters, litres, refits, relist, resift, rifest, rifles, sifter, stifle, strife, tilers, trifle.

-2 letters: feist, felts, filer, files, filet, fires, first, flier, flies, flirt, flite, flits, frets, fries, frise, frits, islet, istle, lefts, liers, lifer, lifts, liter, litre, refit, reifs, relit, riels.

 Words containing the letters "e-f-i-l-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: fewtrils, filberts, filister, flirters, flitters, flytiers, frailest, riftless, stiflers, trefoils, triflers.

 

+2 letters: filatures, filisters, filterers, filtrates, flichters, flirtiest, fluorites, forestial, frailties, frilliest, fruitless, fruitlets, inflaters, refilters, ruffliest, uplifters, welfarist.

 

+3 letters: afterlives, federalist, fertilizes, fieldstrip, filibuster, filmsetter, firelights, flatliners, flatteries, floweriest, flustering, fortalices, fosterling, freckliest, frizzliest, fulgurites, inflicters, interfiles, interfolds, laticifers, profitless, reflations, reinflates, rijsttafel, shoplifter, strifeless, thriftless, trisulfide, welfarists.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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