feeler
Meaning
- (literally) Someone or something that feels.
- An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
- (figuratively) Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.
- (Philippines) a presumptive person; someone who bases on gut feeling, such as assuming or imagining that something said or done, whether positive or negative, was for a person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling, or someone who assumes one's affection is reciprocated, or indulges in one's own wishful thinking or flatters oneself
Synonyms
gauge rod
feeler blade
clearance gauge
sensitive element
tripwire feeler
tactual exploration
clearance gage
feeler gage
contact shoe
proof stick
primary control element
Translations
Fühler
antena
antenna
antenne
voelhoorn
do
κεραία έντομουPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfiːlə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English feler, feeler, felar, equivalent to feel + -er. Animal organ definition from 1660s. Transferred sense of "proposal put forth to observe the reaction it gets" is from 1830.
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