packer

See also: Packer

English

Etymology

From Middle English pakker, pakkere, packare, equivalent to pack +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpækɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpækə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: pack‧er

Noun

packer (plural packers)

1. A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation

   He works as a pork packer.

   a household goods packer

   When his back problems kept him from lifting furniture, his skill as a packer kept him employed.

   1. Clipping of meatpacker.
2. (computing) A software program that compresses code or data.
   • 2009, Harlan Carvey, Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit:

     Many times, the malware authors will use packers and even encryption tools to disguise their software […]

3. (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.
4. (LGBT) An artificial penis or similar object worn by a drag king, trans man, etc., inside the trousers.
5. (New Zealand) An object inserted to hold a space open for the purpose of alignment; a spacer or shim.
6. (dated) A kind of trunk for luggage.
7. (Australia) A packhorse.
8. (Nigeria) A dustpan.

Derived terms

• fudge packer
• meatpacker
• pamper packer
• pick packer
• shit packer

 

Translations

person packing things

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 包裝者／包装者 (bāozhuāngzhě)

• Dutch: verpakker (nl) m, pakker (nl) m
• French: emballeur (fr) m, emballeuse (fr) f
• German: Verpacker m, Verpackerin f, Packer (de) m, Packerin (de) f
• Hebrew: אוֹרֵז (he) m (orez), אוֹרֶזֶת f (orézet)
• Middle English: pakkere
• Polish: pakowacz (pl) m, pakowaczka f
• Russian: упако́вщик (ru) m (upakóvščik), упако́вщица (ru) f (upakóvščica)
• Spanish: embalador m

References

• Jonathon Green (2024) “packer n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Anagrams

• repack

Middle English

Noun

packer

1. Alternative form of pakkere