From formal English to slang. 2014.
troubleshooter — troub‧le‧shoot‧er [ˈtrʌblˌʆuːtə ǁ ər] noun [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES someone who is employed by a company to deal with serious problems it is having: • He was hired as a troubleshooter, and began by slashing costs. troubleshoot verb… … Financial and business terms
troubleshooter — also trouble shooter, 1898, originally one who works on telegraph or telephone lines. From TROUBLE (Cf. trouble) (n.) + SHOOT (Cf. shoot) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
troubleshooter — [n] fixer, repair person maintenance person, mender, Mr. Fixit*, service person, technician; concepts 126,212 … New thesaurus
troubleshooter — ☆ troubleshooter [trub′əlsho͞ot΄ər ] n. 1. a person who locates and repairs mechanical breakdowns 2. a person charged with locating and eliminating the source of trouble in any flow of work troubleshooting n … English World dictionary
troubleshooter — UK [ˈtrʌb(ə)lˌʃuːtə(r)] / US [ˈtrʌb(ə)lˌʃutər] noun [countable] Word forms troubleshooter : singular troubleshooter plural troubleshooters someone whose job is to solve problems that an organization is having Derived word: troubleshoot verb… … English dictionary
troubleshooter — /trub euhl shooh teuhr/, n. 1. a person with special skill in resolving disputes, impasses, etc., as in business, national, or international affairs: a diplomatic troubleshooter in the Middle East. 2. an expert in discovering and eliminating the… … Universalium
Troubleshooter — Trou|ble|shoo|ter [ trʌbl̩ʃu:tə] der; s, <aus engl. troubleshooter »Störungssucher«> jmd., der sich bemüht, Konflikte auszuräumen, Probleme aus der Welt zu schaffen … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
troubleshooter — [[t]trʌ̱b(ə)lʃuːtə(r)[/t]] troubleshooters also trouble shooter N COUNT A troubleshooter is a person whose job is to solve major problems or difficulties that occur in a company or government … English dictionary
troubleshooter — / trʌb(ə)lʃu:tə/ noun a person whose job is to solve problems in a company ● They brought in a troubleshooter to try to sort out the management problems … Dictionary of banking and finance
troubleshooter — troubleshoot ► VERB 1) analyse and solve problems for an organization. 2) trace and correct faults in a mechanical or electronic system. DERIVATIVES troubleshooter noun … English terms dictionary
troubleshooter — noun Date: 1905 1. a skilled worker employed to locate trouble and make repairs in machinery and technical equipment 2. an expert in resolving diplomatic or political disputes ; a mediator of disputes that are at an impasse 3. a person skilled at … New Collegiate Dictionary
