fixer
pronunciation
How to pronounce fixer in British English:
UK [ˈfɪksə(r)]
How to pronounce fixer in American English:
US [ˈfɪksɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
- a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)
- a skilled worker whose job is to repair things
- synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction
Word Origin
- fixer (n.)
- 1849, of chemicals, etc.; 1885 as a person who "makes things right;" agent noun from fix (v.). Fixer-upper is from 1967 as "that which repairs other things" (in an advertisement for a glue); by 1976 as a real-estate euphemism for "property that needs a lot of work."
Example
- 1. Clinical study on portable traction fixer of upper arm .
- 2. So perhaps business fixer or business transformer ?
- 3. If you 're selling a fixer for a rock-bottom price , investors love ugly houses .
- 4. Shortly after finke created the mobile-ready version of url fixer , the addons.mozilla.org web site was updated to include support for the fennec browser .
- 5. A government informant is playing fixer to two republican stars .