English Dictionary

whacker

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈwækə(ɹ)/

名詞

くだけた表現

One who, or something which, whacks. / (informal) Synonym of whopper (“anything large”) / (informal) Synonym of whopper (“an outrageous or blatant lie”)

日本語の意味

（叩く行為をする人、または何か）つまり叩くもの。 / （口語）巨大なものを指す（whopperの類義語として） / （口語）とんでもない、露骨な嘘を意味する（whopperの類義語として）

At the demolition site, the whacker operated the hydraulic hammer to bring down the concrete wall.

解体現場で、叩き手が油圧式ハンマーを操作してコンクリートの壁を取り壊した。

意味（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.

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

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

But all the while Captain Amos Brown was telling whackers that would have done credit to Baron Munchausen, he was really thinking of how he was to save those whose passage to a port not named in any bills of lading looked almost certain.

whackers （ plural ）