Meaning

4 senses

  1. One who, or something which, whacks.

  2. (informal)Synonym of whopper (“anything large”).

  3. (informal)Synonym of whopper (“an outrageous or blatant lie”).

  4. (slang)A radio amateur who is keenly interested in emergency response and may travel to the sites of emergencies.

More definitions
  • something especially big or impressive of its kind

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The hedge clippers and weed whacker are in the garage.

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Origin

From whack + -er.

From whack + -er.

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Forms

plural: whackers
Singularwhacker
Pluralwhackers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
whopper
Close in meaning
  • something especially big or impressive of its kind:whopper

Word family

1 related words
Derivedweedwhacker

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wetlandB1wetsuitwhackwhaleB1whaling
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