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n. One that opens, especially a device used to cut open cans or pry up bottle caps.

n. Games The player who starts the betting in cards.

n. Games Cards of sufficient value to enable the holder to open the betting.

n. The first act in a theatrical variety show.

n. Sports The first game in a series.

idiom. for openers Informal To begin with: "Out of 54 potential jurors, they knocked 20 off . . . just for openers” ( Joseph DiMona).

n. A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.

n. The player who starts the betting.

n. (in plural openers) Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.

n. The first act in a variety show.

n. A batsman who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.

n. The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation.

n. The first game played in a competition

n. The first goal or point scored.

n. One who, or that which, opens.

n. A bottle opener or a can opener.

n. One who opens: as, a pew-opener.

n. A tool or machine used in opening.

n. plural In poker, the necessary qualification for opening a jack-pot, namely, jacks or better.

n. a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans)

n. the first event in a series

n. a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens

"The electric tin opener is the worst household gadget invented, according to a new poll."

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can opener    for openers    tin opener    can-opener    bottle opener    tin-opener