Sandhog
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsændhɒɡ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sandhog is a noun meaning (US, slang, also figuratively) A person employed to dig tunnels, or (more generally) to work underground or under water.
Meaning
(US, slang, also figuratively) A person employed to dig tunnels, or (more generally) to work underground or under water.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, US, slang) To work at digging tunnels, or (more generally) underground or under water.
Example Sentences
Sandhogs working behind a hydraulic shield excavated the riverbed silt inch by inch and installed linking sections of cast-iron tubes as they went. The digging chamber was filled with compressed air pumped in from the surface. The work was dangerous. The men who did the work, the sandhogs, were considered heroes.
Word Forms
- sandhogs
- sand hog
- sand-hog
- sandhogging
- sandhogged
Synonyms for sandhog
Depending on context, synonyms include sandhogger.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sand hog, sandhogger, bogger, hogrubber, hog-rubber, hogger.
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