Definitions for Digger

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Digger dig·ger

Spelling: [dig-er]

IPA: /ˈdɪg ər/

Digger is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in Digger (deggir).

Definitions for Digger

noun

1. a person or an animal that digs.
2. a tool, part of a machine, etc., for digging.
3. (initial capital letter) Disparaging.. Also called Digger Indian. a member of any of several Indian peoples of western North America, especially of a tribe that dug roots for food.
4. an Australian or New Zealand soldier of World War I.
5. (initial capital letter) English History. a member of a group that advocated the abolition of private property and began in 1649 to cultivate certain common lands.
6. Slang. a person hired by a scalper to buy tickets to a show or performance for resale by the scalper at inflated prices.

Origin of Digger

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at dig¹, -er¹

Examples for Digger

digger the Badger is just as much a cousin of yours as is Shadow the Weasel.

"He certainly is all right as a digger," exclaimed Peter Rabbit.

Chesterton's method in writing it is that of the digger wasp.

The men had managed to recharge their headlamps using the batteries from a digger and according to Gómez, had found water nearby.

Poetry has, in consequence, little to say about the digger for coal.

As you may guess just by looking at digger, he is very strong.

And the man who said this pointed to the skeleton of the digger.

In other words, diggers swarmed to the spot, with no idea of law but digger's law.

Even the hideous carcass of the digger had become a shining skeleton!

To be sure, there was Tommy Fox, who was known to be an able digger.