scrubber

scrub·ber

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [skruhb-er]
- /ˈskrʌb ər/
- /ˈskrʌb.ər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skruhb-er]
- /ˈskrʌb ər/

Definitions of scrubber word

noun scrubber a prostitute or promiscuous woman. 1
countable noun scrubber If someone refers to a woman as a scrubber, they are suggesting in a very rude way that she has had sex with a lot of men. 0
noun scrubber a person or thing that scrubs 0
noun scrubber an apparatus for purifying a gas 0
noun scrubber a promiscuous woman 0
noun scrubber a domestic animal, esp a bullock, that has run wild in the bush 0

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Origin of scrubber

First appearance:

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

First recorded in 1830-40; scrub1 + -er1

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Parts of speech for Scrubber

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Scrubber

scrubber popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for scrubber

adjective scrubber

dwarfed — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
mite — a contribution that is small but is all that a person can afford.

All 2 Synonyms of scrubber