مُدَابِرٌ

[act. particle n. of 3, q. v.:] (assumed tropical:) One who turns back, or away, from his companion; who avoids, or shuns, him. (As.)

Also A man whose arrow does not win [in the game called المَيْسِر]: (S, K:) or one who is overcome in the game called الميسر: or one who has been overcome [therein] time after time, and returns in order that he may overcome: or, according to A'Obeyd, he who turns about, or shuffles, the arrows in the رِبَابَة in that game. (TA.) [See an example in a verse cited in article خض.]