meeker
SayMEEK-erUS/ˈmikɚ/UK/ˈmiːkə/
- 1Comparative of meek. Use it to say someone is more humble or gives way more easily than others.
Tom is meeker than his loud older brother.
After the hard winter, the hungry dog grew meeker and stopped growling at strangers.
Note
- 2A name used by some families.
- 3A town in Colorado, in the United States.
- 4A small town in the state of Oklahoma.
- 5A small place in the state of Ohio, in the United States.
- 6A small place in the state of West Virginia.
- 7A small Wisconsin community, once separate, now taken into Germantown in Washington County.
- 8To break up lumps of dirt and make the ground smooth using a farm tool called a harrow.
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meeker is a form of meek
meek, adjective: Quiet and gentle, and ready to do what others want without arguing or standing up for yourself. Full entry
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- meek → meeker: add -er
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Origin
It comes from the brand name of a company that made harrows.