digger
pronunciation
How to pronounce digger in British English:
UK [ˈdɪgə(r)]
How to pronounce digger in American English:
US [ˈdɪɡɚ]
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- Noun:
- a laborer who digs
- a machine for excavating
Word Origin
- digger (n.)
- mid-15c., "one who digs," agent noun from dig (v.). The communistic movement in England so called from 1649.
Example
- 1. Two storeys have been removed , and an abandoned digger now sits on top of the partly dismantled tower .
- 2. Digger sales point to likely construction , which is a big driver of chinese economic growth , he notes .
- 3. Subsistence farmers have been moved from their homes and land to new model villages , making way for digger trucks to start digging the coal .
- 4. In january , a 38-year-old woman was killed by a digger in henan province , north-central china , as she protested against a construction project .