packer
English
/ˈpækɚ/, /ˈpækə/
noun
Definitions
- A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
- (computing) A software program that compresses code or data.
- (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.
- (LGBT) 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pakker affix from English pack (verb and noun senses).
Origin
English
pack
Gloss
verb and noun senses
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- backpack English
- bipack English
- bodypack English
- brickpack English
- copacker English
- coursepack English
- daypack English
- depack English
- digipak English
- flatpack English
- forepack English
- framepack English
- giftpack English
- glasspack English
- hardpack English
- jam-pack English
- mailpack English
- manpack English
- meat English
- meatpacker English
- megapack English
- midpack English
- minipack English
- mispack English
- modpack English
- mudpack English
- multipack English
- overpack English
- pack English
- packability English
- packable English
- packboard English
- packcloth English
- packest English
- packeth English
- packhorse English
- packhouse English
- packing English
- packlike English
- packman English
- packmate English
- packraft English
- packrat English
- packsack English
- packsaddle English
- packsheet English
- packshot English
- packstone English
- packthread English
- packway English
- packyear English
- prepack English
- presspack English
- repack English
- retropack English
- samplepack English
- snowpack English
- subpack English
- tripack English
- unpack English
- wolfpack English
- wool English
- woolpack English
- woolpacker English
- folpack Hungarian
- pack Spanish, Castilian
- pak Middle English
- pakken Middle English
- pakker Middle English
- pagg Manx
- pacque Middle French
- 팩 Korean
- pakisha Xhosa
- pack
- wool
- meat
- repack
- depack
- bipack
- unpack
- subpack
- packing
- packway
- daypack
- manpack
- packeth
- mispack
- prepack
- tripack
- packman
- midpack
- digipak
- modpack
- mudpack
- packest
- packrat
- copacker
- megapack
- snowpack
- jam-pack
- packyear
- hardpack
- packable
- packraft
- forepack
- flatpack
- packmate
- overpack
- packlike
- wolfpack
- bodypack
- giftpack
- packshot
- mailpack
- minipack
- packsack
- woolpack
- backpack
- glasspack
- presspack
- retropack
- packcloth
- packboard
- packhorse
- packhouse
- multipack
- packstone
- brickpack
- packsheet
- framepack
- meatpacker
- samplepack
- coursepack
- packsaddle
- woolpacker
- packthread
- packability