trimmer

Definitions


[ˈtrɪmə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an implement used for cutting and neatening something
(e.g: a hedge trimmer)

- a person who adapts their views to the prevailing political trends for personal advancement
(e.g: he is a clever trimmer, a closet federalist unchanged at heart)

- a person who decorates something
(e.g: window trimmers)

- a crosspiece fixed between full-length joists (and often across the end of truncated joists) to form part of the frame of an opening in a floor or roof
(e.g: trimmer joists)

- a person responsible for trimming the sails of a yacht
(e.g: the spinnaker trimmer)

- a small capacitor or other component used to tune a circuit such as a radio set
(e.g: trimmer capacitors)

- an excellent or outstanding person or thing
(e.g: you little trimmer—it'll suit me down to the ground)


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definition by Oxford Dictionaries