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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Flamer n. [common] One who habitually flames. Said esp. of obnoxious Usenet personalities. Source: Jargon File. |
Occupations | Singes surplus threads from shoe uppers, using gas flame or torch, or cuts excess threads, using knife or scissors. (references) |
Slang | Noun. Source: From flame-to send in succession a large amount of text to the chat room, interfering with the normal flow of conversation. Definition: A person who flames, or interferes with the chat room conversation by repeatedly sending irrelevant or unwanted messages. Context: Used to distinguish someone who flames in a chat room. Social Source: Internet chat room users. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
| Noun. Source: Unknown. Definition: Describing someone as gay or homosexual; a person wearing bright colored clothes. Context: It's used when you or someone else sees a persond dressed in really bright cloths. Someone resembling the sterotypical gay person. Social Source: Snowboarders. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | |
| Noun. Source: Possibly from the idea that a flame shines brightly and is easy to see. Definition: A homosexual that flaunts his sexuality to extremes. Context: Used as a description of another person and the way that they present themselves. Social Source: White Homosexual College Students . Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: FLAMER |
| Specialty definitions using "FLAMER": asbestos cork award ♦ flamer-sealer ♦ pain in the net ♦ sealer operator, SEALER, DRY CELL. (references) |
| "FLAMER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "FLAMER" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 12 | 101,599 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "FLAMER" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Flamer | Last name | 170 | 51,855 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
flamer | 22 |
flamer weed | 2 |
flamer kit | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FLAMER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 纵火者. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | amerflay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "FLAMER": flamers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "FLAMER": inflamer. (additional references) | |
Words containing "FLAMER": inflamers. (additional references) | |
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"FLAMER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: famer, Flama, Flamar, flamber, flamme, Flamur, flaneur, Flanner, flanor, flauer, flaver, flumer, flumper, foamer, glamer, Klamer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "FLAMER" (pronounced flā"mer) |
| 4 | -l ā" m er | disclaimer, lamer. |
| 3 | -ā" m er | framer, Gamer, namer, tamer. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-l-m-r" | |
-1 letter: farle, feral, flame, flare, fleam, frame, lamer, realm. | |
-2 letters: alef, alme, earl, fame, fare, farl, farm, feal, fear, flam, flea, frae, lame, leaf, lear, male, mare, marl, meal, merl, rale, real, ream. | |
-3 letters: ale, are, arf, arm, ear, elf, elm, emf, era, far, fem, fer, lam, lar, lea, mae, mar, mel, ram, ref. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-l-m-r" | |
+1 letter: femoral, flamers, flamier. | |
+2 letters: dreamful, farmable, formable, formulae, framable, fumarole, inflamer, leafworm, preflame, rifleman. | |
+3 letters: amplifier, filmmaker, formalise, formalize, formulate, frameable, fumaroles, inflamers, leafworms, malformed, masterful, mayflower, oriflamme, welfarism. | |
+4 letters: affirmable, amplifiers, deformable, dreamfully, fearsomely, federalism, filmmakers, flameproof, flavorsome, foamflower, formalised, formalises, formalized, formalizer, formalizes, formalness, formalwear, formidable, formulated, formulates, fragmental, malefactor, mayflowers, mycoflorae, oriflammes, reformable, salverform, semiformal, welfarisms, wolframite. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage Frequency 3. Names: Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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