toaster

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An electrical device for toasting food, typically sliced bread.
2. isim A toasting fork.
3. isim A fish ready for toasting.

   “[T]he tumult of the thousand different cries of the eager dealers, all shouting at the top of their voices, at one and the same time, is almost bewildering. […] "Come and look at 'em! here's toasters!" bellows one with a Yarmouth bloater stuck on a toasting-fork.”

4. isim One who toasts (cooks lightly by browning).
5. isim One who toasts (engages in salute while drinking alcohol).
6. isim A firearm, especially a pistol.

   “The renegade, you been afraid I penetrate pop culture / Bring 'em a lot closer to the block where they pop toasters”

7. isim A rapier or similar weapon.

   “This attitude, and the sight of the blade which glistened by moonlight in his face, checked in some sort, the ardour of his assailant, who desired he would lay aside his toaster, and take a bout with him at equal arms.”

8. isim Any of several small, box-like automobiles exemplified by the Scion xB and Honda Element.
9. isim An electronic organ, especially a crude one that uses analog technology.
10. isim A low-end or outdated personal computer.

    “For most older computers (pre-486 and even some 486s), it's simply easier to throw them away and start over (and cheaper, too). I know; this probably goes against the grain; after all, you hung onto that old toaster for three years, and now it makes a darn good doorstop.”

11. isim A protogen.
12. isim A self-contained software package distributable over the Internet or by burning onto CDs.

    “The Freedom Toaster was developed with backing from Mark Shuttleworth as a vending-machine-style dispenser of free digital products, including Ubuntu Linux.”

13. isim A disc jockey who accompanies reggae music with improvised rhythmic speech.
14. isim Diesel locomotives built by GE Transportation known for a propensity to catch fire, especially those showing previous fire damage.

    “No. 4020 shows off the aftereffects of the GE “toaster” phenomenon as it runs on the Joint Line north of the Air Force Academy (7/02/2023).”

15. isim An EMD AEM-7 electric locomotive

    “The origin of the design led railroaders to dub the units “meatballs,” and its boxy appearance inspired railfans to call them “toasters.””