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PRONUNCIATION OF SPANKER

spanker  [ˈspæŋkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPANKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spanker is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPANKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of spanker in the English dictionary

The first definition of spanker in the dictionary is a fore-and-aft sail or a mast that is aftermost in a sailing vessel. Other definition of spanker is a person or animal that moves at a quick smart pace. Spanker is also something outstandingly fine or large.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPANKER


anchor
ˈæŋkə
anker
ˈæŋkə
Bangka
ˈbæŋkə
Banka
ˈbæŋkə
banker
ˈbæŋkə
barranca
bəˈræŋkə
canker
ˈkæŋkə
Casablanca
ˌkæsəˈblæŋkə
flanker
ˈflæŋkə
hanker
ˈhæŋkə
janker
ˈdʒæŋkə
rancour
ˈræŋkə
ranker
ˈræŋkə
stratotanker
ˈstrætəʊˌtæŋkə
supertanker
ˈsuːpəˌtæŋkə
tanker
ˈtæŋkə
thangka
ˈθæŋkə
wanker
ˈwæŋkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPANKER

spank
spanking
spankingly
spanless
spanned
spanner
spanner in the works
spanner wrench
spanning
spanokopita
spanspek
spansule
spanworm
spar
spar buoy
sparable
sparagrass
sparaxis
spare
spare bedroom

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPANKER

aerial tanker
blinker
cow-spanker
drinker
embanker
hunker
investment banker
Junker
linker
merchant banker
oil tanker
petrol tanker
scrimshanker
skanker
skrimshanker
swanker
thanker
thinker
tinker
yanker

Synonyms and antonyms of spanker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spanker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPANKER

Find out the translation of spanker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spanker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spanker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

spanker
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cangreja
570 millions of speakers

English

spanker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बड़ा प्रहार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإبحار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бизань
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

spanker
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্রুতগামী অশ্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brigantine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spanker
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

spanker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スパンカー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기운찬
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spanker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngựa chạy mau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spanker
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्कश आवाज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

insan azmanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

randa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spanker
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бізань
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spanker
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

spanker
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bezaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spanker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mesan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spanker

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPANKER»

The term «spanker» is regularly used and occupies the 95.360 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPANKER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spanker» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spanker» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spanker

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPANKER»

Discover the use of spanker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spanker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Compleat Spanker
Sit down and read this one while you can!
Lady Green, 1997
2
Experimental Lecture by Colonel Spanker
Henry Spencer Ashbee's Catena Librorum Tacendorum describes it as 'the most coldly cruel and unblushingly indecent of any we have ever read, [it] stands entirely alone in the English language.' (Fraxi, 1885: 250) This edition of ...
Anonymous, Mark McDougal, 2011
3
Seamanship in the Age of Sail: An Account of the ...
a Driver and spanker a 'square' driver sheeted to outrigger (after N Pocock); b driver set fore and aft (after M F Come); c driver or spanker set in place of the mizzen, which is furled. Note the short driver yard (after M F Come). Later development ...
John H. Harland, 1984
4
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In a spanking and breasting machine, the combination, with the _frame of the machine, of a spanker and mechanism for causing a reciprocatory movement of said spanker, consisting, essentially, of a main shaft, having a wrist-pin, and a yoke ...
United States. Patent Office, 1898
5
The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, 1625-1860
... Driver sheets 0.4; Sheet falls 0.25; Driver earing 0.25; Spanker earing 0.25; Spanker peak, middle and foot brails 0.3; Spanker throat brails 0.33; Spanker earings 0.25; Spanker tacks 0.33; Spanker sheets 0.5; PROPORTIONATE SIZES OF ...
James Lees, 1984
6
EPRESENTATIVE BRITISH DRAMAS
Let me see — Spanker versus Courtly — Crim. Con. — Damages placed at 150,000(., at least, for juries always decimate your hopes. [Enter Mr. Spanker] Spanker. I cannot find Gay anywhere. Meddle. The plaintiff himself — I must commence ...
MONTROSE J. MOSES, 1918
7
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
2. A blank holder for heel attaching machines, comprising a spanker plate mounted for pivotal movement from a vertical blank-receiving position to a horizontal spanking position and blank engaging members mounted on said spanking plate ...
‎1913
8
Representative British Dramas: Victorian and Modern
Let me see — Spanker versus Courtly — Crim. Con. — Damages placed at 150,000i., at least, for juries always decimate your hopes. [Enter Mr. Spanker] Spanker. I cannot find Gay anywhere. Meddle. The plaintiff himself — I must commence ...
Montrose Jonas Moses, 1918
9
The Naval Cadet's Guide; Or, Seaman's Companion: Containing, ...
1 Peak hal- For hoisting the peak of From the peak to liard. the spanker gaff. the mizen cap. 1 Throat hal- For hoisting the throat of Fromthethroatto the liard. the spanker gaff. lower mast-head. 1 Spanker out- For spreading the foot of F3218 ...
Sir George Strong NARES, 1860
10
The Australian Journal: A Weekly Record of Literature, ...
No, Mr. Spanker, is it not Brummagem ; it is real silver. Samuel, that plate is ours I " Astounded at this announcement, Spanker rushed to the table. He took up a fork — he took up a spoon. Sure enough it was so. There was the crest — the eajde ...
‎1889

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPANKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spanker is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Producer Spanker: "Hopelijk komt album Cho eind dit jaar"
De nieuwe single 'Spijt' van Keizer en Lil Kleine is geproduceerd door Spanker. De grote man achter FunXhits 'Misschien Wel Hè' en 'We Zijn Hier' sprak in ... «FunX.fm, Jul 15»
2
Soulfly spanker den uartige danske sommer ved juli-koncert
Den tidligere frontmand for Sepultura, Max Cavalera, kommer til Pumpehuset med sit "nye" band Soulfly onsdag den 22. juli. Soulfly blev dannet i 1996 og har ... «GAFFA.dk, Jun 15»
3
Navy reservists, city students work together to re-rig Constellation
After spending about 45 minutes working to raise the Constellation's 1-ton spanker boom, students in Amanda Hayek's advanced placement world history class ... «Baltimore Sun, Jun 15»
4
Dio: "Spanker is in staat de game te kunnen veranderen"
Op 18 juni kan je het waarschijnlijk helemaal meezingen tijdens de officiële release. De rapper heeft veel in de studio gezeten met 'De Man' producer: Spanker. «FunX.fm, May 15»
5
Northwest Arkansas Spring craft fairs in bloom
BENTONVILLE -- Craft fair goers meandered between the rows of vendors at Spanker Creek Farm on Friday morning, occasionally stopping to browse items. «Northwest Arkansas News, May 15»
6
'Are you a spanker?' It's been a week of kinky requests
“Are you a spanker?” was my first question. He said he wasn't, but he was sexually dominant and looking for a woman willing to explore passivity in bed. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
7
Poldark review with Culture Shock's Anita Butler
After all this talk of possets, syllabubs and spanker booms, all I need now is for someone to say "I dislike the cut of his jib" and I'll be one happy woman. «North Devon Journal, Mar 15»
8
Cult of the Spankers: the X-rated artists who turned Times Square …
They had names like Raw Dames, European Brothels, Mrs Tyrant's Finishing School and Cult of the Spankers. It was like dangling raw meat before a lion; I had ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
9
Artist Terri Thomas makes her hometown Detroit debut
Thomas: It's titled "Happy Spanker." It's sort of this idea of the roles that we play and examining the relationships we have within the roles. It has this perversity ... «Detroit Metro Times, Feb 15»
10
In First Florida Governor Race, Jeb Bush Backed Controversial …
As the Republican nominee for governor in 1994, Bush ran as the pro-spanking candidate -- literally -- by endorsing a controversial bill known as the "Spanker's ... «Huffington Post, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Spanker [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/spanker>. Apr 2024 ».
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