Feeler
noun
A part of an animal's body that is used to feel things, such as an antenna on an insect.
The ant uses its feelers to sense its surrounding environment.
Often appears as...
- front feeler
- use a feeler
noun
A statement or action meant to test someone's feelings or intentions.
He put out a feeler to see if his idea would be accepted at the meeting.
Often appears as...
- put out a feeler
- send out a feeler
noun
A part of an animal's body that is used to feel things, such as an antenna on an insect.
The ant uses its feelers to sense its surrounding environment.
Often appears as...
- front feeler
- use a feeler
noun
A statement or action meant to test someone's feelings or intentions.
He put out a feeler to see if his idea would be accepted at the meeting.
Often appears as...
- put out a feeler
- send out a feeler
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Context
The word 'feeler' often relates to parts of small animals or insects, rarely used for larger animals.
The caterpillar has tiny feelers on its head.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensing Role
'Feeler' usually refers to body parts that deal with touch or environmental sensing, not taste or sight.
Crabs have feelers to examine objects in their path.
Pro Tip 3/3Literal Use
Use 'feeler' in a literal sense only when describing a physical part of an organism.
The snail's feelers retracted when touched.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Context
The word 'feeler' often relates to parts of small animals or insects, rarely used for larger animals.
The caterpillar has tiny feelers on its head.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensing Role
'Feeler' usually refers to body parts that deal with touch or environmental sensing, not taste or sight.
Crabs have feelers to examine objects in their path.
Pro Tip 3/3Literal Use
Use 'feeler' in a literal sense only when describing a physical part of an organism.
The snail's feelers retracted when touched.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Context
The word 'feeler' often relates to parts of small animals or insects, rarely used for larger animals.
The caterpillar has tiny feelers on its head.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensing Role
'Feeler' usually refers to body parts that deal with touch or environmental sensing, not taste or sight.
Crabs have feelers to examine objects in their path.
Pro Tip 3/3Literal Use
Use 'feeler' in a literal sense only when describing a physical part of an organism.
The snail's feelers retracted when touched.
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Video examples
Should we eat bugs? -...
and can be reared on organic waste, like vegetable peelings, that might otherwise just end up rotting in landfills. Feeling hungry yet? Faced with a plate of fried crickets, most people today would still recoil, imagining all those legs and feelers getting stuck between their teeth. But think of a lobster.
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Benjamin Wallace: The...
it's considered to be the most faked wine in the world. Not that many people are looking to pop open their one remaining bottle for a journalist. So, I'd about given up trying to get my hands on one of these. I'd put out feelers to retailers, to auctioneers, and it was coming up empty.
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General Keane on General...
we're going to reach a C is going to be replaced you know who should be replacing him among the the five of us that were there we all agreed on on Petraeus and I told the vice president I said if you put feelers out you will find that this is a consensus pick
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Black Widow Sex PIPE...
erotic ritual okay now here is the big moment that's the male inserting sperm into the female using its feeler called a help as you can see part of the ritual is leaving part of himself inside the
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Platypus Parts PIPE...
its eyes while searching for food using its broadbill like a homing device the soft skins snout has special sensor organs that send out feeler signals similar to radar picking up vibrations
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My creations, a new form...
and one of the big dangers is the sea. This is the sea. And it must feel the water of the sea. And this is the water feeler, and what's very important is this tube.
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The World's Weirdest...
touch it it's amazing ultra sensitive feelers have rewarded it with yet another meal to be enjoyed in the darkness of its creepy super-powered world
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Mantis Mating PIPE Wildlife...
heart his female isn't as large as the banded mantis but she can be just as unpredictable he uses his feelers to calm her down
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Building a New Home PIPE...
from under the leaf litter the ants search for weak points between segments their feelers constantly tasting and touching
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Tiny Frog Faces Night...
feelers to detect the tiniest movement the frog mustn't stir
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Should we eat bugs? -...
and can be reared on organic waste, like vegetable peelings, that might otherwise just end up rotting in landfills. Feeling hungry yet? Faced with a plate of fried crickets, most people today would still recoil, imagining all those legs and feelers getting stuck between their teeth. But think of a lobster.
Video examples
Benjamin Wallace: The...
it's considered to be the most faked wine in the world. Not that many people are looking to pop open their one remaining bottle for a journalist. So, I'd about given up trying to get my hands on one of these. I'd put out feelers to retailers, to auctioneers, and it was coming up empty.
Video examples
General Keane on General...
we're going to reach a C is going to be replaced you know who should be replacing him among the the five of us that were there we all agreed on on Petraeus and I told the vice president I said if you put feelers out you will find that this is a consensus pick
Video examples
Black Widow Sex PIPE...
erotic ritual okay now here is the big moment that's the male inserting sperm into the female using its feeler called a help as you can see part of the ritual is leaving part of himself inside the
Video examples
Platypus Parts PIPE...
its eyes while searching for food using its broadbill like a homing device the soft skins snout has special sensor organs that send out feeler signals similar to radar picking up vibrations
Video examples
My creations, a new form...
and one of the big dangers is the sea. This is the sea. And it must feel the water of the sea. And this is the water feeler, and what's very important is this tube.
Video examples
The World's Weirdest...
touch it it's amazing ultra sensitive feelers have rewarded it with yet another meal to be enjoyed in the darkness of its creepy super-powered world
Video examples
Mantis Mating PIPE Wildlife...
heart his female isn't as large as the banded mantis but she can be just as unpredictable he uses his feelers to calm her down
Video examples
Building a New Home PIPE...
from under the leaf litter the ants search for weak points between segments their feelers constantly tasting and touching
Video examples
Tiny Frog Faces Night...
feelers to detect the tiniest movement the frog mustn't stir
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Quote examples
Ken Shamrock
American Athlete
WWE is something I'm looking at. Definitely have been throwing little feelers out there to get an opportunity. Because I have achieved everything that I have set out to do in every organization except the WWE. I didn't get the world title. I got everything else but that.
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Paul Westerberg
American Musician
Actually, I've done it the other way so many times where you rehearse the band and you do the whole thing with lights, the show and the crew - everything. Then you see what happens and you're already committed to dates. I'm just sort of putting out feelers this way.
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Greg Gutfeld
American Author
Creating a fan base of both fervent feelers and fanboys, Trump magnificently played off many fawning commentator's insecurities - using the deep desire to be liked or noticed by Trump as a method to keep their criticism of him tamped down.
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Josh Holloway
American Actor
They put their feelers out for all the names and then they'll cast you up to the point a name steps up, and then it doesn't matter how much they love you, there's a certain marketing value on that name, and there you go.
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Jaz Sinclair
I mean, I cried on my first red carpet. I literally walked off and cried because there were so many people and they were all taking pictures and I just felt overwhelmed because I'm a feeler and I'm sensitive.
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Blake Lively
American Actress
I feel a lot. I get really bad stomachaches all the time. So I went to a doctor, and he said, 'You're a feeler.' I take on people's pain a little too much.
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Jon Bellion
American Musician
If I could be generous and move forward and spread my feelers business-wise and also creatively, that's the best position to put myself in.
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Selena Gomez
American Actress
My strength is translating emotion because I'm such a feeler.
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Alyson Stoner
American Actress
I'm a thinker and feeler and dreamer and explorer.
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Mia Goth
English Actress
I see myself as a professional feeler.
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Ken Shamrock
American Athlete
WWE is something I'm looking at. Definitely have been throwing little feelers out there to get an opportunity. Because I have achieved everything that I have set out to do in every organization except the WWE. I didn't get the world title. I got everything else but that.
Quote examples
Paul Westerberg
American Musician
Actually, I've done it the other way so many times where you rehearse the band and you do the whole thing with lights, the show and the crew - everything. Then you see what happens and you're already committed to dates. I'm just sort of putting out feelers this way.
Quote examples
Greg Gutfeld
American Author
Creating a fan base of both fervent feelers and fanboys, Trump magnificently played off many fawning commentator's insecurities - using the deep desire to be liked or noticed by Trump as a method to keep their criticism of him tamped down.
Quote examples
Josh Holloway
American Actor
They put their feelers out for all the names and then they'll cast you up to the point a name steps up, and then it doesn't matter how much they love you, there's a certain marketing value on that name, and there you go.
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Jaz Sinclair
I mean, I cried on my first red carpet. I literally walked off and cried because there were so many people and they were all taking pictures and I just felt overwhelmed because I'm a feeler and I'm sensitive.
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Blake Lively
American Actress
I feel a lot. I get really bad stomachaches all the time. So I went to a doctor, and he said, 'You're a feeler.' I take on people's pain a little too much.
Quote examples
Jon Bellion
American Musician
If I could be generous and move forward and spread my feelers business-wise and also creatively, that's the best position to put myself in.
Quote examples
Selena Gomez
American Actress
My strength is translating emotion because I'm such a feeler.
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Alyson Stoner
American Actress
I'm a thinker and feeler and dreamer and explorer.
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Mia Goth
English Actress
I see myself as a professional feeler.
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