opener

Definition

  • noun: a tool, device, or machine that is used to open something
  • noun: one that 'opens'
  • synonyms: bottle opener, can opener, church key

Examples

  • ('chiefly US') “What didn't you like about my poem?” “Well, 'for openers' [='for starters'], I hated the title.”

  • This game will be the season 'opener' [=the first game of the season] for both teams.

  • She began by asking what we'd done with her money. And that was just 'for openers'!

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) you are chained to that desk. - Well, what if I need to- - What? No. One time an assistant left the desk because she sliced her hand open with a letter opener... and Miranda missed Lagerfeld... just before he boarded a -hour flight to Australia. She now works at TVGuide. (..)
    2006 The Devil Wears Prada