troubleshooter
pronunciation
How to pronounce troubleshooter in British English:
UK [ˈtrʌblʃu:tə(r)]
How to pronounce troubleshooter in American English:
US ['trʌblʃutər]
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- Noun:
- a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices)
Word Origin
- troubleshooter (n.)
- also trouble-shooter, 1898, originally one who works on telegraph or telephone lines. From trouble (n.) + agent noun from shoot (v.).
Example
- 1. To start the networking troubleshooter , click start troubleshooter .
- 2. Online troubleshooter feature , accessible from the help menu .
- 3. With the economy in such trouble , he argues , america needs a corporate troubleshooter in the white house , not a former community organiser .
- 4. Car troubleshooter is a mini-expert system .
- 5. Click troubleshooter if the wireless mouse does not work as expected .