| keeper | |
| 1. n. One who keeps something. | |
| Finders keepers; losers weepers. | |
| 2. n. (informal) A person or thing worth keeping. | |
| 3. n. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper. | |
| 4. n. (sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper. | |
| 5. n. A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt. | |
| 6. n. (American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped. | |
| 7. n. One who remains or keeps in a place or position. | |
| 8. n. A fruit or vegetable that keeps for some time without spoiling. | |
