gold digger
/ɡəʊld ˈdɪɡə(ɹ)/
gold digger noun: someone who digs or mines for gold.
Noun
gold digger (plural gold diggers)
- Someone who digs or mines for gold.
- Synonyms:
- gold miner
- A person, especially a woman, who cultivates a personal relationship with someone in order to attain wealth.
- If she sends her son for the money she is a gold digger, and if she sends her daughter, she is a gold digger teaching her daughter how to be a gold digger—two offenses for the price of one. Whether it is the misinterpretation of the hustle, recognizing the game, or asking for legitimate funds for...2009, Rajen Persaud, Why Black Men Love White Women, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 189
- Synonyms:
- fortune hunter
gold digger meaning in Malay and Vietnamese
gold digger in Malay
- someone who digs or mines for gold
- penggali emas, pengorek emas
- person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- pisau cukur
gold digger in Vietnamese
- person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- người đào mỏ
Synonyms of gold digger
Forms of gold digger
| plural | gold diggers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | gold-digger |
| alternative form | golddigger |
Origin of gold digger
Literal sense is from c. the 1830s; the figurative sense (a woman who seeks money in a relationship) is from 1915.
Words formed from gold digger
Questions about gold digger
- What does gold digger mean?
- Gold digger means someone who digs or mines for gold.
- What is gold digger in Malay?
- Gold digger in Malay is penggali emas, pengorek emas, pisau cukur. See Gold digger meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is gold digger?
- Gold digger is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gold digger?
- Gold digger is pronounced /ɡəʊld ˈdɪɡə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of gold digger?
- The plural of gold digger is gold diggers.
Words near gold digger in the dictionary
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