"grubber" meaning in All languages combined

See grubber on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-grubber.ogg [Australia] Forms: grubbers [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌbə(ɹ) Etymology: From grub + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|grub|-er|text=+|tree=1}} From grub + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} grubber (plural grubbers)
  1. One who grubs. Translations (person who grubs): търсач (tărsač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kopacz [masculine] (Polish), kopaczka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-grubber-en-noun-en:someone_who_grubs Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 22 10 27 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 22 11 26 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 22 12 26 23 17 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 23 12 26 23 16 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 23 10 27 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 9 27 31 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 8 26 24 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 4 32 33 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 3 25 27 16 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 27 4 23 22 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 6 25 26 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 27 7 21 21 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 19 8 28 22 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 8 23 21 23 Disambiguation of 'person who grubs': 74 16 5 4 1
  2. A tool, implement, or machine of the nature of a grub axe, grub hook, etc; (dialectal) a cultivator. Translations (machine or tool): култиватор (kultivator) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tima (english: tool for working hard soil) (Māori), toki hengahenga (english: tool for working hard soil) (Māori), طرمیق (tırmık) (Ottoman Turkish), gruber [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-grubber-en-noun-en:tool__implement__or_machine_that_grubs;_cultivator Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 22 11 26 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 22 12 26 23 17 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 23 12 26 23 16 Disambiguation of 'machine or tool': 0 100 0 0 0
  3. (rugby) An attacking short-distance kick in behind the defence in which the ball is bounced along the ground, using the uneven bounce of the ball to make it difficult for the defence to retrieve. Synonyms: grubber kick
    Sense id: en-grubber-en-noun-en:type_of_kick_in_rugby;_instance_thereof Categories (other): Rugby, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 22 10 27 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 22 11 26 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 22 12 26 23 17 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 23 12 26 23 16 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 23 10 27 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 9 27 31 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 18 19 26 17 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 8 26 24 16 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 22 5 37 21 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 4 32 33 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 3 25 27 16 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 27 4 23 22 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 6 25 26 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 27 7 21 21 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 19 8 28 22 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 8 23 21 23 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports
  4. (cricket) A ball that bounces unusually low such that it is difficult for the batsman to hit properly. Synonyms: mullygrubber
    Sense id: en-grubber-en-noun-en:low_bouncing_ball_in_cricket Categories (other): Cricket, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 22 10 27 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 22 11 26 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 22 12 26 23 17 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 23 12 26 23 16 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 23 10 27 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 9 27 31 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 8 26 24 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 4 32 33 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 3 25 27 16 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 27 4 23 22 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 6 25 26 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 27 7 21 21 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 19 8 28 22 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 8 23 21 23 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  5. (UK, slang, dated) A sweetshop. Tags: UK, dated, slang
    Sense id: en-grubber-en-noun-en:sweetshop Categories (other): British English, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 22 10 27 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 22 11 26 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 22 12 26 23 17 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 23 12 26 23 16 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 23 10 27 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 9 27 31 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 8 26 24 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 4 32 33 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 3 25 27 16 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 27 4 23 22 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 6 25 26 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 27 7 21 21 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 19 8 28 22 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 8 23 21 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bone-grubber, grade grubber, moneygrubber, money-grubber

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bone-grubber"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "grade grubber"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "moneygrubber"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "money-grubber"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "grub",
        "4": "-er",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "From grub + -er.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From grub + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "grubbers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "grubber (plural grubbers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 10 27 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 11 26 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 12 26 23 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 12 26 23 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 10 27 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 9 27 31 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 8 26 24 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 4 32 33 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 3 25 27 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 4 23 22 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 6 25 26 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 7 21 21 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Māori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 8 28 22 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 8 23 21 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who grubs."
      ],
      "id": "en-grubber-en-noun-en:someone_who_grubs",
      "links": [
        [
          "grub",
          "grub"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:someone who grubs"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "74 16 5 4 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "tărsač",
          "sense": "person who grubs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "търсач"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 16 5 4 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "person who grubs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kopacz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 16 5 4 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "person who grubs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kopaczka"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 11 26 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 12 26 23 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 12 26 23 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tool, implement, or machine of the nature of a grub axe, grub hook, etc; (dialectal) a cultivator."
      ],
      "id": "en-grubber-en-noun-en:tool__implement__or_machine_that_grubs;_cultivator",
      "senseid": [
        "en:tool, implement, or machine that grubs; cultivator"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "kultivator",
          "sense": "machine or tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "култиватор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "tool for working hard soil",
          "lang": "Māori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "machine or tool",
          "translation": "tool for working hard soil",
          "word": "tima"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "tool for working hard soil",
          "lang": "Māori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "machine or tool",
          "translation": "tool for working hard soil",
          "word": "toki hengahenga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "machine or tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gruber"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "lang_code": "ota",
          "roman": "tırmık",
          "sense": "machine or tool",
          "word": "طرمیق"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rugby",
          "orig": "en:Rugby",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 10 27 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 11 26 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 12 26 23 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 12 26 23 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 10 27 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 9 27 31 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 19 26 17 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -er",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 8 26 24 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 5 37 21 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 4 32 33 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 3 25 27 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 4 23 22 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 6 25 26 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 7 21 21 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Māori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 8 28 22 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 8 23 21 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              89,
              96
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:",
          "text": "England had an early opportunity with a line-out deep in French territory after a clever grubber from Foden only for Lionel Nallet to burgle back possession, and they then tore into France again as Alexis Palisson was smashed backwards after taking a garryowen and Manu Tuilagi thundered into Morgan Parra.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              97,
              104
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2023 October 28, Leighton Koopman, “YES!!! The Springboks beat the All Blacks to win another Rugby World Cup title”, in Independent Online:",
          "text": "Take that brilliant backline move off a scrum when Kolbe came off his left wing to put in a neat grubber for Arendse on the right wing to almost round the defense in the corner.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An attacking short-distance kick in behind the defence in which the ball is bounced along the ground, using the uneven bounce of the ball to make it difficult for the defence to retrieve."
      ],
      "id": "en-grubber-en-noun-en:type_of_kick_in_rugby;_instance_thereof",
      "links": [
        [
          "rugby",
          "rugby"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rugby) An attacking short-distance kick in behind the defence in which the ball is bounced along the ground, using the uneven bounce of the ball to make it difficult for the defence to retrieve."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:type of kick in rugby; instance thereof"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "grubber kick"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "rugby",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cricket",
          "orig": "en:Cricket",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 10 27 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 11 26 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 12 26 23 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 12 26 23 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 10 27 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 9 27 31 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 8 26 24 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 4 32 33 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 3 25 27 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 4 23 22 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 6 25 26 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 7 21 21 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Māori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 8 28 22 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 8 23 21 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ball that bounces unusually low such that it is difficult for the batsman to hit properly."
      ],
      "id": "en-grubber-en-noun-en:low_bouncing_ball_in_cricket",
      "links": [
        [
          "cricket",
          "cricket"
        ],
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ],
        [
          "bounces",
          "bounces"
        ],
        [
          "unusually",
          "unusually"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "batsman",
          "batsman"
        ],
        [
          "hit",
          "hit"
        ],
        [
          "properly",
          "properly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cricket) A ball that bounces unusually low such that it is difficult for the batsman to hit properly."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:low-bouncing ball in cricket"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mullygrubber"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "cricket",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 10 27 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 11 26 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 12 26 23 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 12 26 23 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 10 27 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 9 27 31 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 8 26 24 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 4 32 33 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 3 25 27 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 4 23 22 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 6 25 26 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 7 21 21 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Māori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 8 28 22 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 8 23 21 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              48,
              55
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1925, The Oxford Outlook, numbers 34-43, page 158:",
          "text": "He could, moreover, no longer be tempted to the Grubber, for all chocolate and sweets were taboo.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1960, Rupert Croft-Cooke, The Altar in the Loft, page 210:",
          "text": "I remember the grubber which smelt of potato chips and chocolate and the steam-heated library with books about monasteries that no one else seemed to look at, and I remember the fresh weedless lawns between the school buildings […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sweetshop."
      ],
      "id": "en-grubber-en-noun-en:sweetshop",
      "links": [
        [
          "sweetshop",
          "sweetshop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, slang, dated) A sweetshop."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:sweetshop"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-grubber.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d4/En-au-grubber.ogg/En-au-grubber.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/En-au-grubber.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌbə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grubber"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
    "English entries referencing missing etymons",
    "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
    "English entries with etymology texts",
    "English entries with etymon",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -er",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌbə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌbə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Māori translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bone-grubber"
    },
    {
      "word": "grade grubber"
    },
    {
      "word": "moneygrubber"
    },
    {
      "word": "money-grubber"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "grub",
        "4": "-er",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "From grub + -er.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From grub + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "grubbers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "grubber (plural grubbers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One who grubs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grub",
          "grub"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:someone who grubs"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tool, implement, or machine of the nature of a grub axe, grub hook, etc; (dialectal) a cultivator."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:tool, implement, or machine that grubs; cultivator"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Rugby"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              89,
              96
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:",
          "text": "England had an early opportunity with a line-out deep in French territory after a clever grubber from Foden only for Lionel Nallet to burgle back possession, and they then tore into France again as Alexis Palisson was smashed backwards after taking a garryowen and Manu Tuilagi thundered into Morgan Parra.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              97,
              104
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2023 October 28, Leighton Koopman, “YES!!! The Springboks beat the All Blacks to win another Rugby World Cup title”, in Independent Online:",
          "text": "Take that brilliant backline move off a scrum when Kolbe came off his left wing to put in a neat grubber for Arendse on the right wing to almost round the defense in the corner.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An attacking short-distance kick in behind the defence in which the ball is bounced along the ground, using the uneven bounce of the ball to make it difficult for the defence to retrieve."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rugby",
          "rugby"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rugby) An attacking short-distance kick in behind the defence in which the ball is bounced along the ground, using the uneven bounce of the ball to make it difficult for the defence to retrieve."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:type of kick in rugby; instance thereof"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "grubber kick"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "rugby",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Cricket"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ball that bounces unusually low such that it is difficult for the batsman to hit properly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cricket",
          "cricket"
        ],
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ],
        [
          "bounces",
          "bounces"
        ],
        [
          "unusually",
          "unusually"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "batsman",
          "batsman"
        ],
        [
          "hit",
          "hit"
        ],
        [
          "properly",
          "properly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cricket) A ball that bounces unusually low such that it is difficult for the batsman to hit properly."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:low-bouncing ball in cricket"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mullygrubber"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "cricket",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dated terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              48,
              55
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1925, The Oxford Outlook, numbers 34-43, page 158:",
          "text": "He could, moreover, no longer be tempted to the Grubber, for all chocolate and sweets were taboo.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1960, Rupert Croft-Cooke, The Altar in the Loft, page 210:",
          "text": "I remember the grubber which smelt of potato chips and chocolate and the steam-heated library with books about monasteries that no one else seemed to look at, and I remember the fresh weedless lawns between the school buildings […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sweetshop."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sweetshop",
          "sweetshop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, slang, dated) A sweetshop."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:sweetshop"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-grubber.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d4/En-au-grubber.ogg/En-au-grubber.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/En-au-grubber.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌbə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "tărsač",
      "sense": "person who grubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "търсач"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "person who grubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kopacz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "person who grubs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kopaczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "kultivator",
      "sense": "machine or tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "култиватор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "tool for working hard soil",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "machine or tool",
      "translation": "tool for working hard soil",
      "word": "tima"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "tool for working hard soil",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "machine or tool",
      "translation": "tool for working hard soil",
      "word": "toki hengahenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "machine or tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gruber"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "tırmık",
      "sense": "machine or tool",
      "word": "طرمیق"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grubber"
}

Download raw JSONL data for grubber meaning in All languages combined (6.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.