Definitions for spanker

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spanker spank·er

Spelling: [spang-ker]

IPA: /ˈspæŋ kər/

Spanker is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 243 anagrams from letters in spanker (aeknprs).

Definitions for spanker

noun

1. Nautical. a fore-and-aft sail on the aftermost lower mast of a sailing vessel having three or more masts. a designation given to the mast abaft a mizzenmast, usually the aftermost mast in any vessel.
2. Informal. a smartly moving person or animal, especially a fast horse.
3. Chiefly New England. something remarkably fine.

adjective

1. of or relating to a spanker mast or its rigging.

Origin of spanker

First recorded in 1745-55; akin to spanking

Examples for spanker

spanker received his congratulations with a loud laugh, and a hearty shake of the hand.

spanker, spang′kėr, n. the after-sail of a ship or barque, so called from its flapping in the breeze.

spanker, in riding home full gallop the preceding day, had been thrown from her horse by an old woman.

The British built at least one sail-propelled battery, the spanker, in 1794.

As "Dolly" spanker, my husband, he was inimitable, and brought down the house two or three times during the evening.

To become the owner of this old friend again and of his new companions, spanker and Pony, was a work of necessity.

The writer has many times seen a fellow who travelled the country, nicknamed the spanker.

It was all that was left of spanker—the stick with which he had been tied.