coaster

Meanings

1. A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
2. A sailor (especially the master or pilot of a vessel) who travels only in coastal waters.
3. A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.
4. Ellipsis of coaster trout (“the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Lake Superior and Maine”).
5. A cow from the coastal part of Texas.
6. A prostitute, especially one of European descent, plying her trade in Chinese port towns.

1. Agent noun of coast: one who coasts.
2. An itinerant person who shirks work but still seeks food and lodging; a loafer, a sundowner.
3. A person who uses a sled or toboggan to slide down a slope covered with ice or snow; a sledder, a tobogganist.
4. One who succeeds while making only a minimal effort.
5. Something that coasts or is used to coast.
6. A small stand or tray, sometimes with wheels, used to pass something such as a decanter or wine bottle around a tabletop.
7. A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.
8. A useless compact disc or DVD, such as one that was burned incorrectly or has become corrupted.
9. Ellipsis of rollercoaster.
10. A sled or toboggan.
11. A minibus; small bus (especially Toyota Coaster or in general resembling such regardless of brand name)

Etymology

From coast (“edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Coast is derived from Middle English coste (“rib; side of the body, flank; side of a building; face of a solid figure; coast, shore; bay, gulf; sea; concavity, hollow; boundary, limit; land; country; district, province, region; locality, place; division of the heavens; compass direction; direction; location with reference to direction, side”) [and other forms], from Old French coste (“rib; side of an object; coast”) (modern French côte (“rib; coast; hill, slope”)), from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”).

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