Associations to the word «Listener»

Wiktionary

LISTENER, noun. Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.
LISTENER, noun. (computing) (programming) (chiefly Java) A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.

Dictionary definition

LISTENER, noun. Someone who listens attentively.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats