binner

binner

See also: Binner

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪnə(ɹ)/
• (US) enPR: bĭnʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈbɪnɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: bin‧ner

Etymology 1

bin +‎ -er.

Noun

binner (plural binners)

1. One who attempts to earn money from what can be recovered from trash bins, as coin-deposit bottles and cans.

Synonyms

• dumpster diver

Noun

binner (plural binners)

1. (Scotland, dialectal) A bickering noise.
2. (Scotland, dialectal) A state of agitation; flurry.
   • 1915, H. Beaton, Benachie, pages 50, 163:

     Aye, if he wis comin' in his fite claes, bodybulk, I doot ye wid be a' in a binner, as weel's the horses. . . . I kent fin ye wis in sic a binner 'it a' wisna richt.

Verb

binner (third-person singular simple present binners, present participle binnering, simple past and past participle binnered)

1. (Scotland, dialectal) To create a bickering noise.
   • 1768, A. Ross, Works (S.T.S.), page 163:

     To see the lambs come binn'ring down the brae.