operator

Definition

  • noun: a person who uses and controls something (such as a machine, device, or business)
  • noun: one that 'operates'
  • synonyms: machiavellian, pbx operator, activist

Examples

  • She's quite an 'operator'—no one else could have gotten them all to agree to the project.

  • Call the 'operator' for the phone number.

  • the 'operator' of a nuclear power plant

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ...saved my boy on the bridge. Troy, they're clearing us out. Something bad's going down in Midtown. Still friends with Matthews, that crane operator on th? - Yeah. - Get him on the phone for me. The cops are evacuating everybody. Get him on the phone for me. Hey, Charlie, get me Enrique: (..)
    2012 The Amazing Spider-Man