Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which ends, terminates, or finishes.
  • An obsolete dialectal form of under.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, makes an end of something.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Something which ends another thing.
  • noun kayaking A maneuver in which one uses the pressure of a wave to flip one's kayak end over end.

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Examples

  • And if the argument-ender is dropped and it's recognized that questions of design and designers can't be ruled on in either direction by science, it's a step backwards for a side that used to enjoy relatively unfettered BS rights.

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • And if the argument-ender is dropped and it's recognized that questions of design and designers can't be ruled on in either direction by science, it's a step backwards for a side that used to enjoy relatively unfettered BS rights.

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • (Or maybe you're a 20-something West-ender, which is still cool.)

    Torontoist 2009

  • (Or maybe you're a 20-something West-ender, which is still cool.)

    Torontoist 2009

  • And those of us who disagree with them should spend more time attacking the logic of their arguments instead of maligning them as “dead ender” “leftists.”

    Matthew Yglesias » How Many Divisions Has Jane Hamsher? 2010

  • Pass only the good portions through reconciliation if necessary. ender

    Nelson: Health care bill 'isn't sufficient' 2009

  • I wish that FDL agreed with me and Chait and Paul Krugman and the SEIU and the NAACP about health care rather than taking its counterproductive dead-ender stance.

    Matthew Yglesias » How Many Divisions Has Jane Hamsher? 2010

  • She can't remember what magazines and newspapers she reads and her television set is permanently locked on Fox News. ender

    Palin: 'I will forever question' Rev. Wright strategy 2009

  • “I wish that FDL agreed with me and Chait and Paul Krugman and the SEIU and the NAACP about health care rather than taking its counterproductive dead-ender stance.”

    Matthew Yglesias » How Many Divisions Has Jane Hamsher? 2010

  • I wish that FDL agreed with me and Chait and Paul Krugman and the SEIU and the NAACP about health care rather than taking its counterproductive dead-ender stance.

    Matthew Yglesias » How Many Divisions Has Jane Hamsher? 2010

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