screener UK /ˈskɹiːnəː/US /ˈskɹinɚ/ noun6 •One who, or that which, screens. •A question or survey used to filter potential participants based on some characteristic. •(historical) A person employed to filter the mined coal through a metal screen to remove impurities. •An advance screening of a film sent to critics, awards voters, etc. •A player setting a screen for a teammate in an offensive sequence. •[in compounds] A cinema having the specified number of screens.Movie buffs can indulge themselves at the Hollywood Cinema, a two screener showing second-run films at reduced prices, 5916 Hamilton Avenue. — 1983 formsscreeners