spanker

English

Etymology

spank +‎ -er

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /spæŋkə/
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /spæŋkɚ/
Rhymes: -æŋkə(ɹ)

Noun

spanker (plural spankers)

Someone who spanks.
An instrument used to give someone a spanking or spank, such as a paddle.
(nautical) A fore-and-aft gaff-rigged sail on the aft-most mast of a square-rigged vessel.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)
(dated, music) A musician who plays his instrument well.
(obsolete, Britain, dialectal) A small coin.
- 1772, The Town and Country Magazine (volume 4, page 344)
  Egad, Jack, I am glad to see you, for I want a few spankers.
(dated) One who takes long, quick strides in walking.
(dated) A swift horse.
(dated) Something very large, or larger than usual; a whopper.

Synonyms

(gaff-rigged sail): blooper, tallboy

Derived terms

plank spanker

Translations

someone who spanks

Esperanto: pugfrapadanto, pugfrapadantino
Finnish: piiskaaja

French: fesseur (fr) m, fesseuse (fr) f
Italian: castigatore m, punitore m, che sculaccia

instrument used for spanking

fore-and-aft gaff-rigged sail

Italian: randa (it) f

Russian: бизань (ru) (bizanʹ)

Anagrams

sparken

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