trimmer
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪmə/
The English word “trimmer” has 11 meanings listed here.
noun
- One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
- A device used to trim.
- A member of the crew who trims the sails.
- Someone who fluctuates between opposing factions, political parties etc., according to current interest, a flip-flopper.
- A beam into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys.
- A person employed to rearrange the coal in the hold of a vessel, so that it fills the vessel without forming a conical blockage.
- A device for storing coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism.
- A float bearing a baited hook and line, used in fishing for pike.
- An adjustable electrical component.
- One who or that which trims, or rebukes or reproves; a scold.
- A fast, high-quality delivery by the bowler, especially one that results in a dismissal of a batter by removing the bails without hitting the stumps.
Etymology
From trim + -er. Figurative sense of “person who changes views with prevailing opinions” from 1680s, from nautical sense of “adjust sails with the wind”.
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