dynamiter

English

Etymology

dynamite +‎ -er

Noun

dynamiter (plural dynamiters)

1. A person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully.
2. (US, slang) A high-pressure salesman.
   • 1954, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs, FHA Investigation: Hearings, page 2397:

     Would you say it was fair to describe these salesmen that were in your crews as dynamiters, or suede shoe salesmen?

Translations

person who uses dynamite

• French: dynamiteur (fr) m
• Spanish: dinamitero m, dinamitera f
• Swedish: dynamitard (sv) c

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2024) “dynamiter n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

dynamiter

1. (transitive) to dynamite (blow up with dynamite)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dynamiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	dynamiter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	dynamitant /di.na.mi.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		dynamité /di.na.mi.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	dynamite /di.na.mit/	dynamites /di.na.mit/	dynamite /di.na.mit/	dynamitons /di.na.mi.tɔ̃/	dynamitez /di.na.mi.te/	dynamitent /di.na.mit/
	imperfect	dynamitais /di.na.mi.tɛ/	dynamitais /di.na.mi.tɛ/	dynamitait /di.na.mi.tɛ/	dynamitions /di.na.mi.tjɔ̃/	dynamitiez /di.na.mi.tje/	dynamitaient /di.na.mi.tɛ/
	past historic2	dynamitai /di.na.mi.te/	dynamitas /di.na.mi.ta/	dynamita /di.na.mi.ta/	dynamitâmes /di.na.mi.tam/	dynamitâtes /di.na.mi.tat/	dynamitèrent /di.na.mi.tɛʁ/
	future	dynamiterai /di.na.mi.tʁe/	dynamiteras /di.na.mi.tʁa/	dynamitera /di.na.mi.tʁa/	dynamiterons /di.na.mi.tʁɔ̃/	dynamiterez /di.na.mi.tʁe/	dynamiteront /di.na.mi.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	dynamiterais /di.na.mi.tʁɛ/	dynamiterais /di.na.mi.tʁɛ/	dynamiterait /di.na.mi.tʁɛ/	dynamiterions /di.na.mi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	dynamiteriez /di.na.mi.tə.ʁje/	dynamiteraient /di.na.mi.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	dynamite /di.na.mit/	dynamites /di.na.mit/	dynamite /di.na.mit/	dynamitions /di.na.mi.tjɔ̃/	dynamitiez /di.na.mi.tje/	dynamitent /di.na.mit/
	imperfect2	dynamitasse /di.na.mi.tas/	dynamitasses /di.na.mi.tas/	dynamitât /di.na.mi.ta/	dynamitassions /di.na.mi.ta.sjɔ̃/	dynamitassiez /di.na.mi.ta.sje/	dynamitassent /di.na.mi.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	dynamite /di.na.mit/	—	dynamitons /di.na.mi.tɔ̃/	dynamitez /di.na.mi.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• dynamiteur

Further reading

• “dynamiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.