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1. pulley-block
noun. a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Rhymes with Idler Pulley
- wooly
- woolly
- woolley
- wooley
- fully
- bully
Sentences with idler-pulley
1. Noun Phrase
Put the idler pulley back on if you had to remove it in step three.
2. Noun Phrase
Come up and over the water pump and under the idler pulley back to the camshaft.
3. Noun Phrase
The idler pulley is under the left side of the drum.
4. Noun Phrase
Tighten all of the bolts on the idler pulley until they are snug and secure.
2. pulley
noun. ['ˈpʊli'] a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- polley (Middle English (1100-1500))
3. idler
noun. ['ˈaɪdəlɝ, ˈaɪdlɝ'] person who does no work.
Synonyms
- drone
- poke
- slacker
- trailer
- mope
- loon
- sunbather
- woolgatherer
- laggard
- lazybones
- spiv
- clock watcher
- sluggard
- good-for-nothing
- slugabed
- whittler
- lagger
- shirker
- dallier
- lie-abed
- goof-off
- daydreamer
- slug
- do-nothing
- nonworker
- dillydallier
- loafer
- ne'er-do-well
- no-account
- lounger
- dilly-dallier
- dawdler
- goldbrick
- layabout
- bum
- trifler
- couch potato
Antonyms
Etymology
- -er (English)
- -er (Middle English (1100-1500))
- idle (English)
- idel (Old English (ca. 450-1100))