TRACKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tracker mean? 

• TRACKER (noun)
  The noun TRACKER has 1 sense:

1. someone who tracks down game

  Familiarity information: TRACKER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRACKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who tracks down game

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("tracker" is a kind of...):

hunter; huntsman (someone who hunts game)

Derivation:

track (go after with the intent to catch)

 Context examples 

Based on the observations they were able to make in 2012, asteroid trackers predicted that it should come back into view in the fall of 2017.

(Asteroid Tracking Network Observes Close Approach, NASA)

NOTE(S): Account for hierarchy in sites and relation to Study ID (tracker issue 23154).

(Planned Study Site, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

However, when it came to measuring calories burned, they did not do a very good job, with the most accurate tracker off by 27 percent.

(Fitness Trackers Bad at Measuring Calories Burned, Study Says, VOA)

From this convenient retreat, the watchers were being watched and the trackers tracked.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This encounter with TC4 is being used by asteroid trackers around the world to test their ability to operate as a coordinated international asteroid warning network.

(Asteroid Tracking Network Observes Close Approach, NASA)

It’s probably not a good idea to decide what to eat based on how many calories your wearable fitness tracker says you’ve burned, according to a new study.

(Fitness Trackers Bad at Measuring Calories Burned, Study Says, VOA)

Researchers at Stanford University in California, who tested several popular fitness trackers on 60 volunteers, say the fitness trackers are good for measuring heart rate and counting steps, but they’re bad at measuring energy expenditure.

(Fitness Trackers Bad at Measuring Calories Burned, Study Says, VOA)