SPANKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spanker mean? 

• SPANKER (noun)
  The noun SPANKER has 2 senses:

1. a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand

2. a fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel

  Familiarity information: SPANKER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPANKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

slapper; spanker

Context example:

my father was the designated spanker in our family

Hypernyms ("spanker" is a kind of...):

hitter; striker (someone who hits)

Derivation:

spank (give a spanking to; subject to a spanking)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("spanker" is a kind of...):

fore-and-aft sail (any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction)