Rooter

Quick meaning: Rooter is a noun meaning One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.

Meaning

One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) A type of heavy machinery similar to a plow for breaking up soil, concrete, asphalt, etc.
2. (woodworking) A blade for producing a narrow groove in a piece of wood.
3. A device for boring a pathway through a blocked drain or sewer.
4. One who roots or rummages through something.
5. (computing) A type of malware that obtains and runs using privileged access, bypassing normal security systems.
6. One who holds a primary or founding position in an enterprise.
7. A plant, viewed in terms of how it establishes its roots.

Example Sentences

Instantly, the rooters were upon it, tearing savagely at the meat and at each other.

If the airstrip site is on hard and rocky terrain, it will be necessary to loosen and break the soil by using a rooter.

Most rural farming families in the Big Thicket had “rooter hogs and woods cattle” roaming the free range around their homeplaces.

Juveniles arriving early tend to become rooters, while late arrivals are forced into stone-turning, having been chased away by the rooters.

Word Forms

• rooters

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fan, roto, root-rocker, rinser, radix, rootbark.

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