Verb (used with object) : to tunnel a mountain. ,to tunnel a passage under a river. ,The river tunneled its way through the mountain. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : to tunnel through the Alps. From Dictionary.com.
In the limited glow he saw the first tunneler clearly enough. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Traders] Reference
He followed the tunneler up the grade, finding it steep enough to be difficult. From Wordnik.com. [Hellgate London Covenant] Reference
But Jessica Ornitz, our terraformer and tunneler, will soon get to work on molding the stone to our purposes. From Wordnik.com. ["Deep in your veins, I will not lie."] Reference
It did not take a lot of crunch nor require the services of a box tunneler to access information on Cleator Mockerkin. From Wordnik.com. [The Mocking Program]
The afternoon I spent in the 18 spidery crawlspace underneath my kitchen, feeling a lot like Charles Bronson's character in the Great Escape -- you know, the tunneler with claustrophobia. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
Less like an escape tunnel and more like a mole tunnel where the tunneler noses enough dirt aside and packs it loosely into the walls and ceiling just so he or she can pass through and the devil take the hindmost. From Wordnik.com. [Refugees] Reference
Meanwhile, the more advanced Five Moons moravec scientists and engineers would divert cutting-edge technology from their interstellar program to the building of a quantum-tunneler and wormhole stabilizer of their own. From Wordnik.com. [Ilium]
Pherocious CT catheter valved tear-away introducer tunneler. From Wordnik.com. [Medgadget] Reference
I was a tunneler, you see, digging under no man's land, extending the reach of our allied warren. From Wordnik.com. [chewing pixels] Reference
Abu Qusay, the almost certainly false name of the tunneler who granted access to one of his routes, said that the tunnels took three to six months to dig by hand and machine, and could stretch for half. From Wordnik.com. [Minstrel Boy] Reference
Abu Qusay, the almost certainly false name provided by the tunneler who granted this correspondent access to one hole, said the tunnels take three to six months to dig by hand and machine, and can stretch for 800 meters. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Global Home] Reference
Crook is a urban tunneler. From Wordnik.com. [hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Michael Crook in Toronto’s Sewers] Reference
"Telepathic tunneler.". From Wordnik.com. [Pet Peeve]
1932 article about egghead basement tunneler. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: August 6, 2006 - August 12, 2006 Archives] Reference
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