strimmer
/ˈstrɪmə
/noun British trademark
A powered grass trimmer with a nylon cutting cord which rotates rapidly on a spindle.Lawn mowers, strimmers and hedge trimmers are being targeted....
- Falls from ladders cause the most injuries, followed by accidents with electrical tools such as lawnmowers, power drills and hedge strimmers.
- They took lawn mowers, strimmers, chainsaws, as well as drills and tools totalling about £3,000.
Origin
1970s: probably a blend of string and trimmer.
Rhymes
- monkeyshine
- monkeyshines
- monkey show
- monkey's island
- monkeys' parade
- monkey spoon
- monkey stove
- monkey-strap
- monkey suit
- monkey's wedding
- monkey tail
- monkey thorn
- monkey trial
- monkey tricks
- monkey vine
- monkey-waist
- Monkey Ward
- Monkey Ward's
- monkey wheel
- monkey work
- monkey wrench
- monkey-wrencher
- monkfish
- Mon-Khmer
- monkhood