feeler

IPA: fˈiɫɝ

(literally) Someone or something that feels.
(anatomy) An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
(figuratively) Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.
(Philippines) Someone who assumes or imagines that one's affection is reciprocated, indulges in one's own wishful thinking, or flatters oneself

Examples of "feeler" in Sentences

"feeler" -- the advance agent of the selling campaign.
22 This referred to a feeler from a retired Wall Street capitalist.
The battle of the preceding day had been a sort of "feeler" -- now the real struggle came.
When she got a feeler from the two-year-old online auction business, she hadn't expected to be interested.
When she first got a feeler from the two-year-old online auction business, she hadn't expected to be interested.
Its detector 'feeler' converted brainwaves into visible swirls of colour and symbolic iridescent forms onto a large screen.
The accident occurred late Tuesday Feb. 8, when a tool known as a feeler gauge, which is made up of 13 thin strips of metal held together by a screw, came apart.
Apparently this was less a matured plan than a "feeler," put out to sound British attitude and to learn, if possible, whether the tie previously binding England and