whacker

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whacker

/ˈwækə(ɹ)/
/ˈʍækə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ækə(ɹ)

noun whackers

One who, or something which, whacks. Joe was just about the best Australian heavyweight at the time, a very tough customer in his own right. He didn't have any science, but he was a mighty whacker.
informal Synonym of whopper (“anything large”).
Similar: whopper
informal Synonym of whopper (“an outrageous or blatant lie”). "Oh, there's a whacker!" cried East; "we haven't been within a hundred yards of his barn; we haven't been up here above ten minutes, and we've seen nothing but a tough old guinea-hen, who ran like a greyhound."
Similar: whopper
slang A radio amateur who is keenly interested in emergency response and may travel to the sites of emergencies.

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@misc{whacker_2026,
  title = {whacker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whacker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}