grazer

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *grasą Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *grasōną Proto-West Germanic *grasōn Old English grasian Middle English grasen English graze Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English grazer From graze + -er.

1. One who or that which grazes, in any sense.

   “It seems likely that parents are free to respond in these different ways because they have no fear of their child growing into a chronic, adult knee-grazer.”

2. An animal that grazes.

   “There were large hippolike grazers (Teleoceras, Brachypotherium, and Peraceras superciliosum)[…]”

   “For instance, the little bush moa fed nearly exclusively on forest vegetation, whereas the heavy-footed moa was a grazer in open vegetation habitats.”

3. A television viewer with a short attention span who switches between channels regularly.

   “Grazers have a lower level of involvement and view only when "something is happening."”