rooter
/ɹˈutɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of heavy machinery similar to a plow for breaking up soil, concrete, asphalt, etc.
noun
A type of malware that obtains and runs using privileged access, bypassing normal security systems.
noun
One who holds a primary or founding position in an enterprise.
noun
A plant, viewed in terms of how it establishes its roots.
Example Sentences
- "The rooter was terrorized, what with the mechanical noises right behind it, and it abandoned evasive turns and darts and made for the horizon with pitiful desperation."
- "Juveniles arriving early tend to become rooters, while late arrivals are forced into stone-turning, having been chased away by the rooters."
- "Most rural farming families in the Big Thicket had “rooter hogs and woods cattle” roaming the free range around their homeplaces."
- "Instantly, the rooters were upon it, tearing savagely at the meat and at each other."
- "The five rooters or plows are so fastened in the frame that any one or all can be removed if desired, and each rooter is provided with a removable point, which can be taken off and sharpened without removing the entire rooter from the from the frame."
- "Breaking old concrete is a simple task for powerful tractor and rooter if the teeth are hooked under slab edge and pulled forward, then raised up by rooter's cable lift."
Etymology
Etymology tree English root Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English rooter From root + -er.
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
the rooter to the tooter