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whacker

1 9.6

A thing that is much larger or more impressive than usual

noun
/ˈhwækər/

: gran cosa

Examples

Story says your friends with Jimmy the big whacker from A-yard.

Rise (2014)
No, Angus Whacker is like, that's up there with Johnny Sins like that.
BIG TALLY WHACKER, LENGTH AND GIRTH.

South Central (1992)
The football player scored a goal with a big header, and I called it a real whacker.
After the renovation, the mansion became known as the ultimate party whacker in the city.
That massive sculpture in the park is truly a whacker, drawing visitors from all over.

Synonyms

whopper

vswhacker

9 4.5

A very large thing that surprises people, like a fish or meal

expresses the same idea but with slightly different wording

whizzer

vswhacker

Slang

7.3

Something very fast or impressive

focuses on being especially large instead of speed or skill

Compounds

weed-whacker

4 3.0

A powered tool that cuts weeds and grass around edges

How Big

behemoth

31 7.8

whacker

1 9.6

boulder

191 2.2

pebble

64 1.0

Surface Forms

whacker singular

whackers plural

Morphology

whacker = whack (semi-transparent) = whack + er

The slang sense 'a whacker' meaning something especially large or impressive is a figurative extension from 'whack' ('a strong strike' or 'large amount'), so the link is not directly predictable for all learners.

Etymology

The word whacker comes from whack 'to hit'. If something 'hits' you with its size or force, it feels very big, so a whacker is an especially large or impressive thing.