different between packer vs tacker

English

Etymology

From Middle English pakker, pakkere, packare, equivalent to pack +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pæk?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pæk?/
• Rhymes: -æk?(?)
• Hyphenation: pack?er

Noun

packer (plural packers)

1. A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation

   He works as a pork packer.

   a household goods packer

   When his back problems kept him from lifting furniture, his skill as a packer kept him employed.

2. (computing) A software program that compresses code or data.
3. (US) A ring of packing or a special device to render gastight and watertight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well.
4. (LGBT) An artificial penis or similar object worn by a drag king, trans man, etc., inside the trousers.
5. (New Zealand) An object inserted to hold a space open for the purpose of alignment; a spacer or shim.
6. (dated) A kind of trunk for luggage.

Derived terms

• fudge packer

Translations

Anagrams

• repack

Middle English

Noun

packer

1. Alternative form of pakker

English

Etymology 1

tack +? -er

Noun

tacker (plural tackers)

1. A person who, or device that tacks.

Etymology 2

From British dialect of Devon and Cornwall.

Noun

tacker (plural tackers)

1. (Australia, colloquial) A young child, especially a boy.

References

Anagrams

• Eckart, racket, retack