idler
idler
Definition
idler (īd′lər, īd′'l ər)
noun
- a person who wastes time and does no work; lazy person
- a gear placed between two others to transfer motion from one to the other without changing their direction or speed
- a pulley riding loosely on a shaft, pressing against a belt to guide it or take up the slack
idler
Synonyms
idler
Usage Examples
Possessives
- work: Another characteristic of the idler's work is that it looks suspiciously like play.
Converse of object
- become: And not only do they become idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they ought not to.
- go: And meantime there goes the idler, who began life along with them - by your leave, a different picture.
Adjective modifier
- other: I lounged up the side aisle like any other idler who has dropped into a church.
Modifies a noun
- pulley: This wire is passed over any number of small idler pulleys to the surface being cut.
- wheel: They always benefit from some basic maintenance, which will include a new idler wheel.
- gear: The shaft on which the kickstart idler gear spins also functions as a crankcase breather.
Noun used with modifier
- steering: I was told its steering idler fell off but whether that is true or not who knows.
Browse dictionary entries near idler
- idleness
- idle
- idiotism
- idiotic
- idiot savant
- idiot light
- idiot box
- idiot
- idiosyncratic
- idiosyncrasy
- idlesse
- idling
- Ido
- idocrase
- idol
- idolater
- idolatrize
- idolatrous
- idolatry
- idolism
