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Feeler   /fˈilər/   Listen
Feeler

noun
1.
One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste.  Synonym: antenna.
2.
A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others.  Synonyms: advance, approach, overture.
3.
Sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ.  Synonym: antenna.
4.
Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish.  Synonym: barbel.






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"Feeler" Quotes from Famous Books



... you'll find her at home before then. Try to keep her amused, and also to give her a little sound advice. If you could arrange something for to-morrow which would please her, something that we could all three do together. Try to put out a feeler, too, for the summer; see if there's anything she wants to do, a cruise that we might all three take; anything you can think of. I don't count upon seeing her to-night, myself; still if she would like me to come, or ...
— Swann's Way - (vol. 1 of Remembrance of Things Past) • Marcel Proust



Words linked to "Feeler" :   antenna, sensitiveness, sensitivity, feel, barbel, proposition, suggestion, overture, proffer, tentacle



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