Digger

Quick meaning: Digger is a noun meaning A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.

Meaning

A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.

More Meanings

1. A tool for digging.
2. One who digs.
3. (Australia, obsolete) A gold miner, one who digs for gold.
4. (Australia, informal) An Australian soldier.
5. (Australia, dated, by extension) a friendly term of address, especially to a man.
6. (US, offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar, slang, dated) A member of any Native American people in the western United States, especially Native Californians.
7. (slang) A spade (playing card).

Example Sentences

The post hole digger did look ancient. I was pretty certain myself that it hadn′t dug any holes for a long, long time.

Most retrievers are not inveterate diggers — that′s a trait usually reserved for other breeds like wire-haired terriers and schnauzers.

The cables are placed from 16 in. to 2 ft. down, and to save time and labour use was made of a mechanical digger lent by the Swedish State Railways.

Costume played a key part in his differentiation from British soldiers as the Digger uniform came to embody Australian versions of masculinity and mateship.

Word Forms

• diggers

Synonyms for digger

Depending on context, synonyms include excavator, shovel.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include excavator, shovel, miner, underage, juvenile, minor.

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