loser : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: loser	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for loser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loser n a contestant who loses the contest [syn: loser, {also- ran}] Antonym(s): victor, winner a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently Synonym(s): failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person Antonym(s): achiever, succeeder, success, winner a gambler who loses a bet Antonym(s): winner
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loser \Los"er\, n. One who loses. --South.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
loser n. An unexpectedly bad situation, program, programmer, or person. Someone who habitually loses. (Even winners can lose occasionally.) Someone who knows not and knows not that he knows not. Emphatic forms are `real loser', `total loser', and `complete loser' (but not **`moby loser', which would be a contradiction in terms). See {luser}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
loser An unexpectedly bad situation, program, programmer, or person. Someone who habitually loses. (Even winners can lose occasionally). Someone who knows not and knows not that he knows not. Emphatic forms are "real loser", "total loser", and "complete loser" (but not **"moby loser", which would be a contradiction in terms). See {luser}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-04-19)