Definitions for boosters

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boosters boost·er

Spelling: [boo-ster]

IPA: /ˈbu stər/

Boosters is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 240 anagrams from letters in boosters (beoorsst).

Definitions for boosters

noun

1. a person or thing that boosts, especially an energetic and enthusiastic supporter.
2. Electricity. a device connected in series with a current for increasing or decreasing the nominal circuit voltage.
3. Railroads. any machine, device, phenomenon, etc., that helps to move a train, as a tailwind, downgrade, roller bearings, or especially a helper locomotive.
4. Military. an explosive more powerful than a primer, for ensuring the detonation of the main charge of a shell.
5. Rocketry. a rocket engine used as the principal source of thrust in the takeoff of a rocket or missile. the first stage containing this engine and its fuel supply, which may or may not be detached from the rocket when the fuel has been consumed.
6. Medicine/Medical.. Also called booster dose, booster shot. a dose of an immunizing substance given to maintain or renew the effect of a previous one.
7. Pharmacology. a chemical compound, medicinal substance, or the like, that serves as a synergist.
8. a radio-frequency amplifier for connecting between a radio or television antenna and the receiving set to intensify the received signal.
9. an auxiliary pump, used in a pipeline or other system, to add to or maintain a prevailing amount of pressure or vacuum.
10. Slang. a shoplifter or petty thief.

Origin of boosters

An Americanism dating back to 1885-90; boost + -er¹

Examples for boosters

There is a set of booster vaccines at about kindergarten age, with a little bit of variation from practice to practice.

In the past, measles in the community effectively provided a booster for vaccinated people.

One cop who worked on the case joked that they would need a booster seat for the defense table.

Like the rest of you, I knew nothing of the true action of the booster.

The primary—ah, booster, as you say, breaks free at twelve miles.

One is reduced to the figures of the real estate "booster" for terms of proportion.

booster programs supporting football and basketball at all colleges and universities should be banned.

They haven't got the booster or anything like it, or they'd have used it.

"Be a booster," it advises, and no one can say that it does not live up to its principles.

But both are delivering a booster shot of testosterone to the GOP in a way few have managed to pull off of late.