wacker
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- noun
- /ˈwækər/
- Specialized
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- One of the final pieces of the years-long reconstruction of Congress Parkway and Wacker Drive is nearing completion.
Examples
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It's hard to imagine a 75-story art deco fortress on Wacker Drive where the Hyatt now stands (Google Images).
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Example: Me, clutching the weed wacker sensuously, "I'd let you cut another man's grass if you wanted."
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And it would be all the way until 1970 before the first building in the new Illinois Center would be constructed on Wacker Drive.
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It got louder the closer I got to the corner of Wacker.
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Clear at a 10-block radius from Upper Wacker to Adams, sir.
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As I walked north along Michigan Avenue toward Wacker, I could hear some pretty amazing drumming.
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Last Friday, after the conference's sessions were over, I headed back to my hotel, the Hyatt on Wacker Drive.
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The first of those great projects, announced on June 17, 1928, would have built on Wacker Drive and would have occupied two full blocks on the east side of Columbus Drive, beginning where the East tower of today's Hyatt Hotel is located.
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After the limo dropped us off at the hotel where our prom was (downtown in Chicago), we wandered through the grimy streets of Lower Wacker Drive in our tuxedos until we found a small alley to chug the bottle in.
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The workers used a wacker to compact the gravel before laying the foundation.
Synonyms
A machine with a flat plate that packs dirt, gravel or sand tightly
A machine with a flat plate that vibrates and makes soil, sand, or gravel firm
A tool that packs soil or gravel tightly before building
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Etymology
Wacker for the compacting machine probably comes from the German company Wacker that makes these ground-pressing machines. So a wacker is the machine that 'presses' the soil or gravel to make the ground firm.