different between spacker vs packer

English

Etymology

See spack; ultimately from spastic.

Pronunciation

Noun

spacker (plural spackers)

1. (Britain, slang, offensive) A spack; a clumsy or foolish person.

Anagrams

• Packers, packers, repacks

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

spacker

1. comparative degree of spack

Adjective

spacker

1. inflection of spack:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

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