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[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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