| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
trainer (ˈtreɪnə) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person who trains athletes in a sport |
| 2. | a piece of equipment employed in training, such as a simulated aircraft cockpit |
| 3. | horse racing a person who schools racehorses and prepares them for racing |
| 4. | (plural) an informal name for training shoes |
trainer
in military aviation, an airplane that is designed and used to train pilots to operate advanced aircraft effectively. The complicated modern military airplane requires a high degree of skill on the part of pilots. Military training programs commonly make use of a single-engine aircraft for primary training phases, with twin-jet trainers for transition stages
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