“whacker”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

whacker

释义

whacker colloq.|ˈhwækə(r)|
[f. whack v. + -er¹.]
1. a. A heavy blow. dial.
1823E. Moor Suffolk Words 477 Whacker, a blow, a thump.
b. A driver of animals, a drover. U.S.
1880Harper's Mag. LX. 679 The whacker's long whip cracking..as he lashes his unwieldy beasts [sc. oxen] into position.1889H. O'Reilly Fifty Yrs. on Trail xvi. 172 To search round for bull-whackers to drive them over.
2. Anything abnormally large of its kind; esp. a ‘thumping’ lie; a ‘whopper’.
1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Whacker, a lie.1828Sporting Mag. (N.S.) XXII. 416 Though the fences are whackers, the brooks they are small.1857Hughes Tom Brown ii. iv, Oh, there's a whacker!..we haven't been within a hundred yards of his barn.1872J. R. Green Let. to E. A. Freeman 18 Sept., The Dome which ought to be a whacker is a poor wee thing.

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