IDLER
What does "IDLER" mean?
A person who avoids work or spends time doing nothing.
Meanings
- A person who is habitually lazy or unoccupied. The cafe was full of idlers nursing cold coffees all afternoon.
- A wheel, pulley, or gear that guides or tensions a belt or chain without transmitting power itself. The engine seized when the idler pulley's bearing failed. technical
Word origin
From Old English 'idel' (empty, useless, worthless) plus the agent suffix '-er'; related to Dutch 'ijdel' and German 'eitel' (vain, idle).
Remember it
An IDLER lets the engine IDLE - both the lazy person and the spinning pulley turn without doing real work.
A little poem
The idler wheel turns all day, gripping no load -
spinning hard at the business of holding the road.
couplet
Wordplay
- The idler pulley filed a complaint: it does all this turning and never gets to drive anything.
What it teaches
Motion is not the same as work; a wheel can spin all day and move nothing.
Quick facts
What does IDLER mean?
A person who avoids work or spends time doing nothing.
Is IDLER a valid word?
Yes — IDLER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is IDLER?
IDLER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does IDLER come from?
From Old English 'idel' (empty, useless, worthless) plus the agent suffix '-er'; related to Dutch 'ijdel' and German 'eitel' (vain, idle).
What can IDLER teach us?
Motion is not the same as work; a wheel can spin all day and move nothing.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.