gold digger

gold dig·ger

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [gohld dig-er]
- /goʊld ˈdɪg ər/
- /ɡəʊld ˈdɪɡ.ər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gohld dig-er]
- /goʊld ˈdɪg ər/

Definitions of gold digger words

noun gold digger a person who seeks or digs for gold in a gold field. 1
noun gold digger Informal. a woman who associates with or marries a man chiefly for material gain. 1
noun gold digger woman seeking a wealthy partner 1
noun gold digger miner seeking gold 1

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Origin of gold digger

First appearance:

before 1820

One of the 38% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1820-30

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Parts of speech for Gold digger

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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gold digger popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for gold digger

noun gold digger

bloodsucker — A bloodsucker is any creature that sucks blood from a wound that it has made in an animal or person.
leech — Margaret, 1893–1974, U.S. historian, novelist, and biographer.
parasite — an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
sponge — any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
user — the exercise of a right to the enjoyment of property.

All 8 Synonyms of gold digger