Feeler

Word FEELER
Character 6
Hyphenation feel er
Pronunciations /ˈfiːlə/

Definitions and meanings of "Feeler"

What do we mean by feeler?

Something, such as a hint or question, designed to elicit the attitudes or intentions of others. noun

A sensory or tactile organ, such as an antenna, tentacle, or barbel. noun

One who or that which feels. noun

Specifically Any special organ of touch of an animal; a tactile part. noun

The representation on an artificial fly of an antenna of an insect. Feelers are folded back, extending above and sometimes beyond the wings. noun

Any indirect act, device, stratagem, or plan resorted to for the purpose of finding out something which cannot be ascertained directly, especially the designs, opinions, or sentiments of others. noun

Nautical, the first onset of a storm, followed by a short calm. noun

A thickness-gage. noun

A thin piece of metal for determining the space or play left in a bearing or for determining the distance between the two plates in a riveted joint. noun

One who, or that which, feels. noun

One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; an antenna; a palp. noun

Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative. noun

Someone or something that feels. noun

An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect. noun

Something ventured to test (an)other(s)' feelings, opinion, position. noun

One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste noun

A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others noun

Sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ noun

Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish noun

Someone or something that feels.

An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.

Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Feeler

The word "feeler" in example sentences

When she first got a feeler from the two-year-old online auction business, she hadn't expected to be interested. ❋ Karen Tumulty (2010)

When she got a feeler from the two-year-old online auction business, she hadn't expected to be interested. ❋ Karen Tumulty (2010)

The battle of the preceding day had been a sort of "feeler" -- now the real struggle came. ❋ John Esten Cooke (1858)

22 This referred to a feeler from a retired Wall Street capitalist. ❋ Ron Powers (2005)

The accident occurred late Tuesday Feb. 8, when a tool known as a feeler gauge, which is made up of 13 thin strips of metal held together by a screw, came apart. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"feeler" -- the advance agent of the selling campaign. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

Its detector 'feeler' converted brainwaves into visible swirls of colour and symbolic iridescent forms onto a large screen. ❋ Scheer, Karl (1976)

Apparently this was less a matured plan than a "feeler," put out to sound British attitude and to learn, if possible, whether the tie previously binding England and ❋ Ephraim Douglass Adams (N/A)

"The fellow is all well enough, for aught I know, but he has wheedled the colonel out of fifty thousand dollars, and I can never forgive him for that," said Jaspar, in what was intended for a playful tone, but which was designed as a "feeler" of the attorney's conscience. ❋ Warren T. Ashton (N/A)

Every now and then they would send over a "feeler," to see how we were getting along. ❋ Sam R. Watkins (N/A)

We send forward a "feeler," and the "feeler" reports back very promptly, ❋ Sam R. Watkins (N/A)

A short time after this, our battery had orders to fire a few rounds, as a sort of "feeler", and the enemy at once replied. ❋ Edward A. Moore (N/A)

He was on the point of sending out a "feeler" about the matter, when he remembered Zoie's solemn injunction to "say nothing to anybody." ❋ Unknown (1911)

Then he unwound a strange instrument from about his waist, a wolfer's "feeler", three strands of wire twisted into a pliable cable ten feet long, the three ends of the strands extending forklike a bare two inches beyond the cable braid at one end. ❋ Charles Livingston Bull (1910)

When a ray of the sun, for instance, strikes that 'feeler' over there, a harmonious and majestic sound like the echo of a huge orchestra is heard. ❋ Unknown (1908)

Its arms were fully as slender as its legs, and upon a rather long neck was perched its head -- not unlike the head of a man, except that its nose ended in a curling antenna, or "feeler," and its ears from the upper points bore antennae that decorated the sides of its head like two miniature, curling pig tails. ❋ Lyman Frank (1904)

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