• Ocker

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈɒkÉ™/

    Origin 1

    From Middle English ocker, oker, from Old Norse ókr ("usury"), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz ("progeny, earnings, profit"), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- ("to add, increase"). More at oker.

    Full definition of ocker

    Noun

    ocker

    (plural ockers)
    1. (Now chiefly dialectal) Interest on money; usury; increase.

    Verb

    1. (transitive, Now chiefly dialectal) To increase (in price); add to.

    Derived terms

    Origin 2

    From Ocker, pet form of the name Oscar; popularised in a series of television sketches where the word was used as a general nickname.

    Noun

    ocker

    (plural ockers)
    1. (slang, Australia) A boorish or uncultivated Australian.
      • 1987, James Oram, Hogan: The Story of a Son of Oz, page 69,But Willesee was finding that entertaining ockers were in short supply. Ockers who could fart and belch and drop their trousers were plentiful. There was no shortage of ockers who could sing bawdy songs and abuse Poms and chunder on cue.
      • 1990, Meanjin, Volume 49, University of Melbourne, page 139,In terms of formal ‘experimentation’ Williamson proved to be the most conservative; Don′s Party was the most realist of contemporary texts. Here, an entire tribe of Ockers may be observed within the confines of the suburban sprawl.
      • 2011 May 23, Ronald Bergan, The Guardian,For many Australians, the screen persona of the character actor Bill Hunter, who has died of cancer aged 71, was the archetypal "ocker", an uncultivated Australian working man who enjoys beer, "barbies", Aussie rules football and V8 supercars.

    Adjective

    ocker

    1. Pertaining to an ocker.

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