# whacker

Pronunciation: US say "WAK-ur" /ˈwækɚ/; UK say "WAK-uh" /ˈwækə(ɹ)/

## Noun

1. A person or thing that strikes or hits something with force.
   - Simple: A person or thing that hits something hard.
   - _He earned a reputation as the neighborhood's tireless whacker of overgrown weeds._
   - _The machine's rubber whacker pounded each panel into shape._
2. An exceptionally large example of its kind. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Something that is much bigger than usual.
   - _The contractor pulled a whacker of a boulder out of the foundation._
   - _Their new television is an absolute whacker, taking up half the wall._
3. A bold, obvious falsehood that few people would actually believe. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A big lie that is easy to see through.
   - _She caught him in a whacker about where he'd spent the whole weekend._
   - _The politician's claim was such a whacker that even his allies laughed._
4. An amateur radio operator with an intense interest in emergency response, who may travel to the scene of an incident. *(slang)*
   - Simple: An amateur radio fan who is very keen on emergencies and may travel to where they happen.
   - _The club's resident whacker had his radio packed before the sirens even stopped._
   - _A couple of whackers turned up at the wildfire perimeter to relay messages._

## Origin

Formed from "whack" combined with the suffix "-er".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/whacker (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).