English Explanatory Dictionary

woodpusher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bad player; an amateur.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-woodpusher.wav

Word forms

woodpusher woodpushers

Etymology

From wood + pusher, in sardonic reference to wooden chesspieces.

Synonyms

patzer

Antonyms

master grandmaster

Related words

push wood
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on W Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary