caler — meaning in English

English meaning

• chug verb To move or run with a repeated dull, laboured sound, as an engine does.
• misfire verb To fail to fire or ignite properly, as with a gun or an engine.
• prop noun An object used to support something, or to keep it in place.
• stall noun A small stand or booth where goods are sold, as in a market.
• wedge noun A piece of material, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge, used to split, tighten, or lever things apart.

Senses

caler is used for these senses in English:

• chug (transitive, colloquial) To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.
• cut out (intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.
• misfire (of an engine) To fail to ignite in the proper sequence.
• prop (transitive, sometimes, figurative) To support or shore up something.
• stall (intransitive, of an engine) To stop suddenly.
• wedge (transitive) To support or secure using a wedge.
• wedge (ambitransitive) To force into a narrow gap.

chug — full definition

1. verb To move or run with a repeated dull, laboured sound, as an engine does.
2. verb Informal: to drink a large amount quickly and continuously, without stopping.
3. noun A dull, repeated, laboured sound, as of an engine working.

misfire — full definition

1. verb To fail to fire or ignite properly, as with a gun or an engine.
2. verb To fail to have the intended effect, especially of a joke, plan, or attempt.
3. noun An instance of failing to fire, ignite, or achieve the intended result.

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