whacker

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
  2. Synonym of whopper (“anything large”). informal
  3. Synonym of whopper (“an outrageous or blatant lie”). informal
    — "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."
  4. A radio amateur who is keenly interested in emergency response and may travel to the sites of emergencies. slang

词形变化

whackers plural

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English whack
English -er
English whacker
From whack + -er.
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