quitter
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈkwɪtər/
- Offensive
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- She was determined to finish the race, refusing to be seen as a quitter.
I've never met a hater that wasn't a quitter ever in my entire life.
- I've never met a hater that wasn't a quitter ever in my entire life.
- Don't let the feeling of oh, I'm a quitter prevent you from withdrawing.
- Anything short of that is a, you know, you're a quitter and I obviously don't want that.
- Winners never quit and quitters never win.
- And if all the stuff that I've been through, I'm not a quitter.
- This is a great reason actually, because if I quit, no one will even think I'm a quitter.
- So I was raised in the shadows of Vince Lombardi, who famously said winners never quit and quitters never win.
- Now the fourth guy, he could DFQ that one and charge it like everyone else because I'm not a quitter.
- So and I'm not a quitter, so I don't know what that makes me.
- They are going to have flu like symptoms during the withdrawal and for smokers, it's actually called the quitter's flu.
Examples
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It's just, I don't want to be a quitter.
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Because I'm not a quitter.
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Nobody wants to be a failure; nobody wants to be a quitter either.
Blog text (7) -
- I have never been a quitter.
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I shall prove to Father that I am not a quitter.
Fiction book (2002) -
I knew I wasn't a quitter, and I knew I had little chance of getting the jersey.
Blog text (4) -
You're a bit of a quitter, Alex, giving up on Doctor Who because of one bad episode.
Blog text (20) -
The fighter always fights, the quitter always quits.
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I am not a quitter, but the flood of ideas slowed to a trickle, a drip, and then stopped entirely.
Fiction book (1999) -
"Quitters never wear crowns," she told herself, and set out once more to locate the vacillating prince.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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7.4
A person who expects failure and gives up instead of trying to solve problems
A person who gives up during a fight or competition
Antonyms
How Persistent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Quitter comes from the verb quit, which originally meant 'to leave' or 'set free'. So a quitter is literally someone who 'leaves' a job or task, which is why today it means a person who gives up easily.