Dictionary

trimmer

see also: Trimmer

Pronunciation

(British) IPA: /ˈtɹɪmə/

Adjective

comparative form of trim

Noun

trimmer (plural trimmers)

One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Life Loves Living,”
  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.”
A device used to trim.
My new electric shaver has a beard trimmer attachment.
(nautical) 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.
- 1848, Baron Macaulay, History of England, I.2:
  Thus Halifax was a Trimmer on principle.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 9:
  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.
(architecture) 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.
(mining, historical) A person employed to rearrange the coal in the hold of a vessel, so that it fills the vessel without forming a conical blockage.
(mining, historical) A device for storing coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism.
(fishing) A float bearing a baited hook and line, used in fishing for pike.
(dated) One who trims, or rebukes or reproves; a scold.

Trimmer

Proper noun

Surname

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