Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shovelbum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shov-el-bum
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A professional excavator on cultural resource management projects, who has done extensive field work.

American usage; Humorous

verb

To excavate, to do archaeology digs.

American usage; Humorous

Etymology

From shovel + bum.

Usage

Inflected Forms

shovelbums (plural) shovelbums (present, singular) shovelbumming (participle, present) shovelbummed (participle, past) shovelbummed (past)

Questions

What does shovelbum mean?
A professional excavator on cultural resource management projects, who has done extensive field work.
Where does shovelbum come from?
From shovel + bum.

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