spoilers

Meanings

Noun

• a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning
• someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
• someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
• an airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds
• a hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag
• plural of spoiler

Verb

• third-person singular simple present indicative of spoiler

Synonyms

coddler, despoiler, freebooter, looter, mollycoddler, pamperer, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler