packer
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 6
/ˈpækɚ/
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/ˈpækɚ/ · /ˈpækə/
Definition of packer
10 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
“He works as a pork packer.”
“a household goods packer”
“When his back problems kept him from lifting furniture, his skill as a packer kept him employed.”
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noun
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A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
“He works as a pork packer.”
“a household goods packer”
“When his back problems kept him from lifting furniture, his skill as a packer kept him employed.”
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
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A software program that compresses code or data.
“Many times, the malware authors will use packers and even encryption tools to disguise their software […]”
- (US)A ring of packing or a special device to render gastight and watertight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well.
- An artificial penis or similar object worn by a drag king, trans man, etc., inside the trousers.
- (New-Zealand)An object inserted to hold a space open for the purpose of alignment; a spacer or shim.
- (dated)A kind of trunk for luggage.
- (Australia)A packhorse.
- (Nigeria)A dustpan.
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A person who plays football for the Green Bay Packers professional football team.
“Either Bart Starr or Brett Favre was the greatest Packer of all time.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English pakker, pakkere, packare, equivalent to pack + -er.
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