Frombore +‎-er.

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈbɔːɹə/

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• (MLE)IPA^(key):/ˈboːɹɐ/
• (US)enPR:bôrʹər,IPA^(key):/ˈbɔːɹɚ/
• Rhymes:-ɔːɹə(ɹ)

borer (pluralborers)

1. A tool used fordrilling.
2. (MLE,slang) Aknifefit for astabbing.

   Synonyms:wetter,jook,jooker,chete,ching,ying,rambo,poker,pokey,bassy,shank,nank,splash,splasher,cheffer,cutter

3. A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.
4. Atedious person, who bores others; abore.
   • 1896, Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard,The Philistine, volume 3, page21:

     The boree has been heard from frequently since the Renaissance, and his sentiments have undergone little change. Theborer hasn't had much to say for himself.

   • 2012, Margaret Atwood,Bodily Harm:

     Rennie was an expert on boredom, having done a piece on it for Pandora's “Relationships” column in which she claimed that there were two people involved in boredom, not just one: theborer and the boree.

5. Aninsect or insectlarva that bores into wood.
6. One of the many types ofmollusc that bore into soft rock.
7. Acyclostome, such as ahagfish, which bores intoinjured, dead, ordecaying sea creatures to feed on their flesh.
8. (botany) The penetratingroot of a parasitic plant.

• “borer”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

borer

1. present ofbore

FromGermanBohrer.

• IPA^(key):/bǒːrer/
• Hyphenation:bo‧rer

bórer m (Cyrillic spellingбо́рер)

1. drill bit
2. drill

• (drill bit):svrdlo
• (drill):bormašina

• “borer”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025