The Idler

Idler refers to someone or something idle:


 * An idle game
 * A slacker, a person who habitually avoids work
 * Idler-wheel, a system used to transmit the rotation of the main shaft of a motor to another rotating device
 * Idler circuit, a circuit in a parametric amplifier to generate an idle response

Idler or The Idler may also refer to:

Books and publications

 * The Idler (1758–1760), series of essays by Samuel Johnson and his contemporaries
 * The Idler (1892–1911), literary and humorous magazine started by Jerome K. Jerome
 * The Idler (1993), bi-monthly British magazine exploring alternative ways of working and living
 * The Idler (Canadian magazine), Canadian literary magazine published from 1985 to 1993
 * The Idlers, 1906 novel by Morley Roberts

Music

 * Idlers (Canadian band), a Canadian reggae band
 * The Idlers, a United States Coast Guard Academy ensemble

Other uses

 * Idler (yacht) American Yacht built in 1865 in Fairhaven, Connecticut
 * An Idler, nom-de-plume of George Stillman Hillard (1808–1879)
 * Salomon Idler (1610–1669), German shoemaker and aviation pioneer