Dictionary

launcher en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈlɔːntʃ.ə/ (UK)
• /ˈlɑnt͡ʃ.ɚ/ (US)
• /ˈlɔnt͡ʃ.ɚ/ (US)

Etymology

From launch + -er.

Meanings

1. One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch.
   • The catapult made a good launcher for the small projectile.
   • This actually occurs in perception of non-colliding Michotte displays: Even though there is a gap between the launcher stopping and the launchee starting, the launchee's motion appears to have been caused, at a distance, by the approach of the launcher […] 2015, H. Clark Barrett, The Shape of Thought: How Mental Adaptations Evolve, page 110:
   • They shot down the helicopter with a rocket launcher.
2. An application that launches another or others, often holding icons or menus for frequently used programs.

Forms

Deriveds

rocket launcher · custard launcher · grenade launcher · pig launcher

Translations (18)

pt iniciador (computing: an application that launches another or others) · fi heitin (a device that throws something) · el προωθητής (a device that throws something) · eo ĵetilo (a device that throws something) · el εκτοξευτής (a device that throws something) · pt lançador (a device that throws something) · fi laukaisin (a device that throws something) · ro lansator (a device that throws something) · pt inicializador (computing: an application that launches another or others) · ms pelancar (a device that throws something) · es iniciador (computing: an application that launches another or others) · fr lanceur (computing: an application that launches another or others) · de Abschussgerät (a device that throws something) · uk гранатоме́т (a device that throws something) · he לָאנְצֶ׳ר (computing: an application that launches another or others) · pl wyrzutnia (a device that throws something) · ru гранатомёт (a device that throws something) · is ræsiforrit (computing: an application that launches another or others)