feeler

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noun

Plural noun:

feelers

1.
(literally)Someone or something that feels.
Are you more of a feeler or more of a thinker?
2.
(anatomy) An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
3.
(figuratively)Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.
I sent out some feelers but they didn't seem interested.
This survey is designed to get a feeler about how the citizens feel about the proposed new highway.
4.
(Philippines)a presumptive person; someone who bases on gut feeling, such as assuming or imagining that something said or done, whether positive or negative, was for a person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling, or someone who assumes one's affection is reciprocated, or indulges in one's own wishful thinking or flatters oneself

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English feler, feeler, felar, equivalent to feel + -er. Animal organ definition from 1660s. Transferred sense of "proposal put forth to observe the reaction it gets" is from 1830.