Meaning of Whacker | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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Examples

“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.”

“"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."”

“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.”

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