grubber
One who rummages
A grubber is someone who grubs—digging, rummaging, or working doggedly at something.
The word often carries a negative connotation of greed or base pursuit: money grubber, fame grubber.
In cricket and rugby, a grubber is a ball that travels along the ground after being kicked or bowled low.
Excessive, voracious eater
- gobblerMale turkey, or glutton
- devourerOne who consumes voraciously
- greedyExcessively wanting more
- voraciousExtremely eager to consume
insatiable · gorger · feeder · scavenger · forager · hungry · ravenous · famished
Soil-turning implement
- tillerBoat steering lever
- hoeWeeding and tilling implement
- rooterEnthusiastic team backer
- plowTool for turning soil
stubble · clearing · stump · weeder · breaking · mattock · spade · fork
Foot-delivered strike
- bounceSpring back after impact
- chaseRapid following of quarry
- lowNot elevated
- groundSolid surface underfoot
ball · scrum · halfback · territory · pressure · defense · breakdown · scrappy
Person who toils
- toilerOne who works hard
- sloggerDogged, persistent toiler
- diggerOne who unearths
- laborerPhysical task performer
drudge · grafter · plodder · plugger · striver · hard-working · industrious · persistent
glutton
Excessive, voracious eater
voracious · insatiable · gorger · feeder · scavenger · forager · hungry · ravenous · famished · appetite
cultivator
Soil-turning implement
plow · stubble · clearing · stump · weeder · breaking · mattock · spade · fork · shovel
kick
Foot-delivered strike
ground · ball · scrum · halfback · territory · pressure · defense · breakdown · scrappy · opportunistic
worker
Person who toils
laborer · drudge · grafter · plodder · plugger · striver · hard-working · industrious · persistent · tenacious
- rugbyscrum, try, rugby, Rugby World Cup, rugby union
- Australian footballAFL, handball, mark, specky, torpedo
- land clearingbulldozer, clear cutting, chainsaw, clear-cutting, brush cutter
- rugby skillstackle, pass, ruck, maul, scrum
grubbergiver
One who bestows
philanthropist · benefactor · altruist · donor · spendthrift
- grubby hands
- grubby paws
- money grubberOne obsessed with accumulating wealth
- grade grubbingPestering for better marks
- grade grubberStudent fixated on scores