spanker
Meaning
- Someone who spanks.
- An instrument used to give someone a spanking or spank, such as a paddle.
- A fore-and-aft gaff-rigged sail on the aft-most mast of a square-rigged vessel.
- (dated) A musician who plays his instrument well.
- (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A small coin.
- (dated) One who takes long, quick strides in walking.
- (dated) A swift horse.
- (dated, slang) Something very large, or larger than usual; a whopper.
- (dated, slang) Something splendid; a fine example of its kind.
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Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/spæŋkə/
Etymology
From spank + -er.
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