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Definition of Grubber
1. n. One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc.
Definition of Grubber
1. Noun. One who grubs. ¹
2. Noun. (rugby) (also grubber kick), 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. ¹
3. Noun. (cricket) A ball that bounces unusually low such that it is difficult for the batsman to hit properly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grubber
1. one that grubs [n -S] - See also: grubs
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grubber
Literary usage of Grubber
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"By substituting a shorter hind bar, and setting tho tines more closely together,
it makes a most efficient drill-grubber. We shall bvc occasion to refer to ..."
2. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"the grubber.' The general idea seems to be one who used spade or axe on the turf
or close ... To John grubber, for covering the grange, and the long stable, ..."
3. An Account of the Systems of Husbandry Adopted in the More Improved by John Sinclair (1814)
"THE grubber is a farming implement, of late much improved, and coming into ...
In this case, therefore, he has recourse to the grubber, which effectually ..."
4. Hand-book of Indian Agriculture by Nitya Gopal Mukerji (1901)
"The ordinary Cultivator or grubber is a simple enough instrument for Indian use.
A five-lined grubber with duck-foot coulters, mounted on two wheels can be ..."
5. The American Farmer's Instructor, Or Practical Agriculturist: Comprehending by Francis S. Wiggins (1840)
"The grubber is an implement scarcely known, and consequently but little used in
this country; while in England and Scotland it is in almost universal use. ..."
6. European Agriculture and Rural Economy by Henry Colman (1851)
"The first is, KIRKWOOD'S grubber. — "The leverage that is obtained by pressing
on the handles or stilts of this machine, whether in action or at rest, ..."
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