booster

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(thing) by JeffMagnus (4.7 y) (print) ? I like it! Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:28:14

In aeronautics a booster refers to a missile or rocket which is used to launch a payload into space.

(thing) by arfarf (1.3 y) (print) ? I like it! Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:28:14

A person who whole-heartedly supports a team or an issue. A fan, even a fanatic or zealot.

(person) by bitter_engineer (6.3 y) (print) ? I like it! Sat May 20 2000 at 3:43:34

To Iceberg Slim and his contemporaries, this was jivespeak, to refer to a shoplifter.

(thing) by ModernAngel (4.4 d) (print) ? I like it! Sat Jul 22 2000 at 2:26:05

In medicine, a dose of vaccine to enhance or sustain the immune effect of an initial innoculation.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) I like it! Mon Nov 21 2005 at 0:39:55

Boost"er (?), n. (Elec.)

An instrument for regulating the electro-motive force in an alternating- current circuit; -- so called because used to "boost", or raise, the pressure in the circuit.

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