2. counter (in restaurants, luncheonettes, etc.) a long, narrowtable with stools or chairs along one side for the patrons, behind which food is prepared and served.
6. (noun)rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter a quickreply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
7. (noun)counter (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regularseries of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
8. (noun)counter, heel counter a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot "a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot"
9. (adj)counterpunch, parry, counter a returnpunch (especially by a boxer)
3. counter over the counter (of a medical drug) possible to buy without a doctor's prescription over-the-counter drugs; a medicine available over the counter
Definition of 'Counter'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Counter contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counterfugue
2. (adverb)Counter a prefixmeaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a
3. (adverb)Counter contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go
5. (adverb)Counter at or against the front or face
6. (adverb)Counter the after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper
7. (adverb)Counter same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor
8. (adverb)Counter the breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck
9. (adverb)Counter the back leather or heel part of a boot
10. (noun)Counter an encounter
11. (verb)Counter one who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner
12. (verb)Counter a piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc
13. (verb)Counter money; coin; -- used in contempt
14. (verb)Counter a prison; either of two prisons formerly in London
15. (verb)Counter a telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations
16. (verb)Counter a table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured
17. (verb)Counter to return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing