proefballon — meaning in English
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English meaning
- feeler noun Someone or something that feels.
Senses
proefballon is used for these senses in English:
- feeler (figuratively) Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.
- trial balloon (idiomatic, figuratively) An idea, suggestion, or prospective action, product, etc., offered to an audience or group in order to test whether it generates acceptance or interest.
feeler — full definition
- noun Someone or something that feels.
- noun An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
- noun Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.
- noun 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