Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A lumberjack.
- n. One that fells seams.
- n. Informal A man or boy; a fellow.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who or that which fells; one who hews or knocks down.
- n. A sawing-, boring-, or chiseling-machine for cutting down trees; a felling-machine.
- n. An attachment to a sewing-machine, for the more convenient felling of seams.
Wiktionary
- n. A person who fells trees; a lumberjack
- n. An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.
- n. Eye dialect spelling of fellow.
- adj. archaic comparative form of fell: more fell
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machine for felling trees.
- n. An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a boy or man
- n. a person who fells trees
Etymologies
- The adjective fell + -er. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“That Petzal feller is one of the best Yankee's I have read.”
“That Mudcat feller is wearing a NASCAR hat in his photo.”
“When questioned as to why he chose such a unique design the old gentleman said: Wall, Jim, he were a sort of a rovin 'feller, and I allowed that this design would 'bout suit him.”
“But back home when we called a feller 'clever' it meant he hadn't much sense.”
“He's a smart-lookin 'feller," said Cynthy, who was pouring out the tea.”
“Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.”
“On January 27th 2010, Lunch Box wrote: bahahaha cool lol now ill watch all his movies baked: P who cares if he gets high. everyone who does smoke pot loves it, and for those who have never tried it, shut your mouth. like they say “dont ditch it till you try it”;) oh add me on facebook “Lunch Box” im the chubby happy lookin feller: P”
“I saw him on the History channel and I though he was a good lookin feller.”
“Well, why didn't you call a feller, 'stead of gittin' up and dressin 'all by yourself.”
“I was down there, Mawruss, and see that feller from the Russian counsellor's office, which he is got a face, Mawruss, hard like iron, y'understand, I didn't say nothing; but the way you are going to work and telephoning to Henry D. Feldman and everything, Mawruss -- before we would get through with him it would cost us anyhow a couple hundred dollars. ”
Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘feller’.
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Chop
dhar, chop, ax, cleaver, chopfallen, dolabriform, securiform, dolabrate, barong, machete, froe, guloc and 44 more...
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Fellowship
A list where words can mingle with their fellows. Feel free to add any fellas and fellers.
fellow, fellowship, bedfellow, strange bedfellows, Robin Goodfellow, fellow-traveler, research fellow, Odd Fellows, Oddfellows, oddfellows, Oddfellows Hall, The Order of Patr... and 41 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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Is it morning yet?
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brannock device, polari, stupidhead, in toto, nounal, flustrated, stuffocate, firkin, full-assed, placeholder name, pro-text, cheesequake and 408 more...
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oddball
wackadoodlery.
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bric-a-brac, succotash, humbucker, skedaddle, scallywag, sassafras, gadzooks, humdinger, hoity-toity, wishy-washy, namby-pamby, ding dong and 456 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for feller.
bilby It was something like "a member of the sex that cannot have babies". Apr 20, 2012
ruzuzu Ach! What was the fourth definition? Apr 13, 2012
reesetee Wait a minute. Are they jolly good fellers? Because then they'd be jolly good feller Shakercider feller fellers. Sep 15, 2008
chained_bear Only if they're also fellers, in which case they'd be Shakercider fellers. Am I right? Sep 15, 2008
asativum If they felled Shakers, wouldn't they be Shakerciders? Sep 15, 2008
chained_bear I can deny, Asativum: My beaver is not a jolly good fellow.
You're right about the Shakers though. Do they fell trees also? Does that make the male members feller Shaker fellers? Sep 14, 2008
asativum A beaver's most certainly a jolly good feller; nobody can deny.
But if I'm not mistaken, the sects that cannot have babies include the Shakers. Sep 14, 2008
bilby What about a beaver? Sep 10, 2008
chained_bear *snorts* Sep 10, 2008
reesetee So if I'm a boy or man who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies, and I'm engaged in manual labor felling trees, does that make me a feller feller feller feller? Sep 10, 2008
yarb Weirdnet makes my day yet again. Sep 10, 2008
bilby LLARFS! Sep 10, 2008
chained_bear HA HA!! Did you see the fourth definition?! Sep 10, 2008
asativum WierdNet brings new meaning to "For he's a jolly good feller". Sep 10, 2008