Trimmer

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
3. A device used to trim.
4. A member of the crew who trims the sails.
5. Someone who fluctuates between opposing factions, political parties etc., according to current interest, a flip-flopper.
6. 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.
7. A person employed to rearrange the coal in the hold of a vessel, so that it fills the vessel without forming a conical blockage.
   historical
8. A device for storing coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism.
   historical
9. A float bearing a baited hook and line, used in fishing for pike.
10. An adjustable electrical component.
11. One who or that which trims, or rebukes or reproves; a scold.
    dated
12. 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.

Equivalents

6 more languages

Češtinaaranžéraranžérka

Suomiraivurisivuleikkuritrimmeri

Polskilawiranttrymer

Svenskatrimmer

Türkçedüzelticitıraş makinesi

Українськамашинка

Examples

“It put⟳ me to endless expense of having roof-men, gutter-men and tree-trimmers. At last⟳ I gave the grim order⟳, “Cut⟳ her down.””

“My new electric shaver has a beard trimmer attachment.”

“Thus Halifax was a Trimmer on principle.”

“What do you love⟳ most? Most of all, I love⟳ being alive. I love⟳ the natural world—and caring and creative people—and the seekers of justice and truth. Whom do I disdain? Bigots, reactionaries, self-righteous people, zealots, trimmers, bullies, and manipulators.”

“Lady Margaret Beaufort's third husband, Lord Stanley, an accomplished political trimmer, gave fair words but little commitment: the vast, well-armed Stanley retinues shadowed Henry's route southeast to the battlefield and waited, detached, to see⟳ how the chips fell.”

“Trimmers are used to stow the coal in the vessel, and, in the case of vessels with awkwardly-situated cargo spaces, a great deal⟳ of trimming may be involved. Vessels specially constructed for coal carrying have⟳ very wide hatches, and these may be easy trimmers, that is, need⟳ only a minimum of trimmers or self trimmers which require⟳ only the final cover⟳ of coal over each hold⟳ to be levelled down by trimmers. Trimmers are employed by the shipowners and they are paid tonnage rates.”

“Mr. Hazeldean wrote him such a trimmer that it could not but produce⟳ an unconciliatory reply⟳.”

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