Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An idea or a plan advanced tentatively to test the reactions of other people.
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- noun idiomatic An
idea ,suggestion , orprospective action ,product , etc. offered to an audience or group in order to test whether it generatesacceptance orinterest .
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- noun a test of public opinion
- noun a balloon sent up to test air currents
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the use of balloons to test weather conditions.]
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