different between whacker vs wacker

English

Etymology

whack +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wæk?(?)/, /??æk?(?)/

Noun

whacker (plural whackers)

1. One who, or something which, whacks.
2. (informal) Synonym of whopper (“anything large”)
3. (informal) Synonym of whopper (“an outrageous or blatant lie”)
   • 1908, Morley Roberts, "The Captain of the Ullswater", in The Blue Peter

     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.

References

• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

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