different between packer vs wacker

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

Adjective

wacker

1. comparative form of wack: more wack

Anagrams

• awreck, cawker

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wacker, Old High German wacchar. Cognate with Old English wacor (whence dialectal English waker), Old Norse wakr, Dutch wakker and possibly German Low German wacker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vak?/
• Hyphenation: wa?cker; pre-1996: wak?ker

Adjective

wacker (comparative wackerer, superlative am wackersten) (dated)

1. brave

   Synonyms: mutig, tapfer

2. honest, reputable

   Synonyms: rechtschaffen, ehrlich, anständig, redlich
3. efficient

   Synonym: tüchtig

4. alert, vigilant, waker

   Synonym: wachsam

References

Further reading

• “wacker” in Duden online
• “wacker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache