releaser

[ ri-lee-ser ]

noun

1. a person or thing that releases.
2. Ethology. a key stimulus, as a sound, odor, moving shape, or patch of color, that elicits a predictable behavioral response in an animal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of releaser¹

1425–75; late Middle English. See release, -er ¹

Example Sentences

A horse, seen from behind, is a male 'releaser' – it has long hair, big buttocks, and a teetering walk.

From Salon

Former Trump attorney and self-proclaimed “Kraken releaser” Sidney Powell has told prospective donors that her group, Defending the Republic, is a legal defense fund to protect the integrity of U.S. elections.

From Seattle Times

It does this, he claims, by combining a technique that he calls the “Grief Releaser”—that is, “a plot that abandons the usual forward momentum of plots”—and “the ‘Guilt Lifter’ of a character who shares our disdain, our dismay, and even our anger, at clichéd funerals and formulaic condolences.”

From Slate

At one of Rudy Giuliani’s fugue-state news conferences, someone asked attorney Sidney Powell, who has described herself as the “Kraken releaser,” about the Kraken.

From Washington Post

Powell, the Kraken releaser, “did discuss something about this in Rudy Giuliani’s press conference,” Sawyer added, referring to an event where Trump’s legal team publicized exotic conspiracy theories about fake votes, “and I do believe I witnessed that.”

From Washington Post