digger Definition
dig·ger (dig′ər)
noun
- a person or thing that digs; specif., any tool or machine for digging
- ☆ a member of any of several North American Indian peoples of the SW U.S. that dug roots for food: often a disparaging term, esp. in historical contexts
- digger wasp
- Slang an Australian or New Zealander, esp. one who is a soldier
digger Usage Examples
Converse of object
- hire: Excavation can be done by hand, or you can hire a digger from a local tool hire store.
- drive: But these aren't any ordinary chicks, as they can even drive a digger!
- move: Were the diggers moved by these poignant finds to hold their own ceremonies?
- use: Dig Trench The trench is dug using a swivel bucket digger on hire from Hughes Rail.
- see: April saw diggers move on to Morfa for on-site investigations.
- get: Unfortunately quite a few trees had to go to get the diggers in there.
Adjective modifier
- mechanical: Once you know the profile of the site, a mechanical digger can be brought in to remove the rest of the topsoil.
- grave: A grave digger makes a deal with the Devil.
- mini: Brian Smith For the use of his mini digger.
- gold: The origin is found in the language of gold diggers.
- yellow: Leo's very proud of his new yellow digger.
- experienced: Volunteers are welcome, beginners as well as more experienced diggers.
Modifies a noun
- wasp: The macabre habits to which he referred are shared by their cousins the digger wasps.
- driver: The dead man, a self-employed digger driver had been working on the site for only a week.
Noun used with modifier
- crate: An abbreviation of crate digger, the hip-hop term for a vinyl hunter, it has apt associations.
- badger: Full details can be found in our news story, Protected sett attacked by badger diggers.
- peat: Buried in a peat bog on the Pennines, his sleep was disturbed by peat diggers.
- ditch: For seven years he worked as a vine planter, irrigation ditch digger, cow puncher, and smallholder in the new Western state.
- gold: People say L A has to many gold diggers, well they did build it's history.
- dancing: Once again, the showground will be bustling with foresters, lumberjacks and perhaps even the odd dancing digger.

