Spanker
Full definition of spanker
Noun
- Someone who spanks.
- An instrument used to give someone a spanking or spank, such as a paddle.
- (nautical) A fore and aft gaff-rigged sail on the aft-most mast of a square-rigged vessel.
- (dated, music) A musician who plays his instrument well.
- (obsolete, UK, dialect) A small coin.
- 1772, The Town and Country Magazine (volume 4, page 344)Egad, Jack, I am glad to see you, for I want a few spankers.
- (dated) One who takes long, quick strides in walking.
- (dated) A swift horse.
- (dated) Something very large, or larger than usual; a whopper.
