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

  • (..) Coming in! Hey, easy, Rone. Try to blend. We are. With a dead body in the back, bunch of heavily armed operators just going back to hide in our covert CIA base. Hey, we got a tail. Two of them. Annex, we got a tail. (..)
    2016 13 Hours
  • (..) - Cute. You have a move tonight. No recon, Chief? What makes you Special Operators so special if you can't do what I need when I need it? He's fun. Well, that was fun. He gets his jollies pushing (..)
    2016 13 Hours