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rooter

How to use rooter in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for rooter.

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And most plumbers are fixing clogs that a five year old with a rooter could fix thus providing no real value.

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Quick take

an enthusiastic devotee of sports

Meaning at a glance

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noun

an enthusiastic devotee of sports

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rooter.

noun

an enthusiastic devotee of sports

Example sentences

1

And most plumbers are fixing clogs that a five year old with a rooter could fix thus providing no real value.

2

Instead, they have a roto-rooter style boring machine that installs the fiber as it builds a tunnel.

3

The British 'shagger' or Australian 'rooter' would probably have worked OK although I don't know if there is a US equivalent lighter than the F-word.

4

By far the most common tech pronunciation variance I've noticed UK v US is "rooter" / "router".Always seemed weird to hear British Hyundai ads pronounce it high-UN-dye, when US version was always HUN-day, "rhymes with Sunday".

5

I've long maintained that the only reason that "router", against all convention, is pronounced "rouw-ter", is that nobody is going to stand at the front of a lecture hall or meeting room and discuss a piece of hardware called a "rooter".

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use rooter in a sentence?

And most plumbers are fixing clogs that a five year old with a rooter could fix thus providing no real value.

What does rooter mean?

an enthusiastic devotee of sports

What part of speech is rooter?

rooter is commonly used as noun.