English Explanatory Dictionary

lubber

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A clumsy or lazy person.
  2. An inexperienced or novice sailor; a landlubber.
  3. An eastern lubber grasshopper (Romalea microptera).
  4. Alteration of rubber.

Pronunciation

/ˈlʌbə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lubber.wav

Word forms

lubber lubbers

Etymology

From Middle English, perhaps from Old French lobeor (“swindler”), or of Scandinavian origin, compare dialectal Swedish lubber. The grasshopper was likely so called after sense 1 (“a clumsy or lazy person”).

Synonyms

alcatote auf botcher bumbler bungler blunderer blunderhead butterfingers chucklehead clodhopper dauber duffer dumbshit fuckup fumblefingers fumbler galoot gaum gawk gobaloon goon gype trapes klutz lomperd looby lubber lummox lumpkin maladroit mess-up messup muff oaf palooka peabrain pisher sad sack schlemiel schmuck screwup shit bird slangrill spaz stumblebum turkey weapon yutz

Derived words

abbey-lubber landlubber lubber fiend lubberland lubberlike lubber line lubberly lubber's hole sealubber
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