scrubber

scrub +‎ -er

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɹʌbɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌbə(ɹ)

scrubber (plural scrubbers)

1. A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing.
2. A device that removes impurities from gases.
3. (historical) A machine for washing leather after the tanpit.
4. (Australia, New Zealand) An animal (especially cattle) that has broken away from the herd and established itself in the bush.
5. (Australia) Someone who lives in the bush; a wild person, someone only partly assimilated into society.
   • 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin 2003, p. 74:

     ‘He was a real scrubber that old feller,’ he confided gleefully. ‘No one never got a tag on him before this.’

6. (Britain, slang) A prostitute or a slovenly woman.
7. (graphical user interface, audio, video) A horizontal bar allowing the user to set the playback position.