Definitions for lubbers

lubbers lub·ber

Spelling: [luhb-er]
IPA: /ˈlʌb ər/

Lubbers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 137 anagrams from letters in lubbers (bbelrsu).

Definitions for lubbers

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 lubbers

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

Examples for lubbers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for lubbers
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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