Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sandhog

/ˈsændhɔɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sand-hog
IPA: /ˈsændhɔɡ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person employed to dig tunnels, or (more generally) to work underground or under water.

American usage; Slang

verb

To work at digging tunnels, or (more generally) underground or under water.

American usage; Intransitive verb; Slang

Example Sentences

"Sandhogs working behind a hydraulic shield excavated the riverbed silt inch by inch and installed linking sections of cast-iron tubes as they went. The digging chamber was filled with compressed air pumped in from the surface. The work was dangerous. The men who did the work, the sandhogs, were considered heroes."

Etymology

From sand + hog, perhaps alluding to a hog (“animal of the Suidae family, especially a boar, pig, or warthog”) digging in sand.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsændhɔɡ/
British English: /ˈsændhɒɡ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

sandhogs (plural) sand hog (alternative) sand-hog (alternative) sandhogs (present, singular) sandhogging (participle, present) sandhogged (participle, past) sandhogged (past)

Derived Forms

sandhogging

Synonyms

sandhogger

Questions

How do you pronounce sandhog?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsændhɔɡ/.
What does sandhog mean?: A person employed to dig tunnels, or (more generally) to work underground or under water.
Where does sandhog come from?: From sand + hog, perhaps alluding to a hog (“animal of the Suidae family, especially a boar, pig, or warthog”) digging in sand.

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