Definitions for lubber

lubber lub·ber

Spelling: [luhb-er]
IPA: /ˈlʌb ər/

Lubber is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in lubber (bbelru).

Definitions for lubber

noun

  1. a big, clumsy, stupid person; lout.
  2. an awkward or unskilled sailor; landlubber.

adjective

  1. clumsy; stupid; lubberly.

verb (used without object)

  1. to behave like a lubber, especially in the handling of a boat.

Origin of lubber

First recorded in 1325-75, lubber is from the Middle English word lobre. See lob1, -er1

Examples for lubber

But what impressed us most—we almost laughed to see her—was the lubber of the fleet.

Caesar no understand den what um mean, but um say—‘What’s dat, you lubber?

I ken the skipper of that there ship, and hes no lubber, no more than I be.

The mate now complimented me by exclaiming, ‘Why, look at the lubber!’

Wasn't there one Godforsaken lubber in the lot fit to raise a yell on a rope?

Then he stared at me again, and cried: ‘Is that the lubber Hardy, of the Blackbird?’

Port your helm, you lubber; don't you see where you're standing for?

Well, what shall we do with this lubber—Lover, I should say?

“Let go, you lubber,” said the sailor next to windward of Reuben, on the yard.

And as for my steering aright, why, with a compass—am I a lubber?'

Word Value for lubber
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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