grazer

See also: Grazer

English

Etymology

graze +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪz.ə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: graser

Noun

grazer (plural grazers)

  1. One who or that which grazes, in any sense.
    • 1995, Margaret Fawcus, Stuttering: From Theory to Practice, page 41:
      It seems likely that parents are free to respond in these different ways because they have no fear of their child growing into a chronic, adult knee-grazer.
  2. An animal that grazes.
  3. A television viewer with a short attention span who switches between channels regularly.
    • 2004, Stanley D. Brunn, Susan L. Cutter, J. W. Harrington Jr., Geography and Technology, page 330:
      Grazers have a lower level of involvement and view only when "something is happening."
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