digger (ˈdɪɡə
)
Definitions
noun
- a person, animal, or machine that digs
- a miner, esp one who digs for gold
- a tool or part of a machine used for excavation, esp a mechanical digger fitted with a head for digging trenches
Digger (ˈdɪɡə)
Definitions
noun
- (sometimes not capital) archaic slang
- an Australian or New Zealander, esp a soldier: often used as a term of address
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a Digger accent
- one of a number of tribes of America whose diet was largely composed of roots dug out of the ground
Translations
- British English:
digger
A digger is a machine that is used for digging....a mechanical digger.ˈdɪɡə NOUN ...a mechanical digger.
- Spanish:
excavadora
nf
- French:
pelleteuse
nf
- German:
Bagger
nm Bagger
- Chinese: 挖掘机 n
- Arabic: حَفَّار n
- Portuguese: escavadora nf
- Russian: экскаватор nm
- Croatian: kopač nm
- Czech: bagr nm
- Danish: graver nutr
- Dutch: graafmachine nf
- Finnish: kaivukone n
- Greek: εκσκαφέας nm
- Italian: escavatore nm
- Japanese: 掘削機 n
- Korean: 굴착기 n
- Norwegian: gravemaskin nm
- Polish: koparka nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: escavadeira nf
- European Spanish:
excavadora
nf
- Swedish: grävmaskin nutr
- Thai: เครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการขุด n
- Turkish: ekskavatör n
- Vietnamese: máy đào n
Usage examples
The corner of the paddock where he lay was a wreck, moisture glistening on the clods of clay and gathering in the ruts left by the digger.
, Death and Transfiguration (1994)They were behind a digger loader, clearing loose ground, when a wall of soil collapsed on them.
SA Star (2005)FIVE firemen, four drain experts and a JCB digger spent six hours freeing a DOG from a tiny pipe.
Sun, News of the World (2001)Red was lying on the digger at the front, looking exhausted.
, BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad (2003)