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walker | wacker |

As a noun walker

is The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.

As a proper noun Walker

is {{surname|northern English|from=occupations}} from the occupation of treating cloth by "walking" it.

As an interjection Walker

is expressing scornful rejection or disbelief.

As an adjective wacker is

comparative of wack.

walker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • : a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.
  • * 1816 , (Jane Austen), , Volume 1 Chapter 8
    • "I would ask for the pleasure of your company, Mr. Knightley, but I am a very slow walker , and my pace would be tedious to you; and, besides, you have another long walk before you, to Donwell Abbey."
  • * 2005 , Carlo De Vito, 10 Secrets My Dog Taught Me: Life Lessons from a Man's Best Friend (page 88)
    • We hired a walker for the dogs during the day.
  • A walking frame.
  • (often, in the plural) A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
  • A person who walks (or waulks) cloth, that is, who fulls it.
  • A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
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  • * 1981 , Spare rib: Volumes 108-119
    • Women at the top — Lady Di and Nancy Reagan in particular — apparently have 'walkers' — men to escort them on public and private occasions providing a respectable cover, while the male who is their sexual partner is off on more pressing business.
  • * 1984 , Clemens David Heymann, Poor little rich girl: the life and legend of Barbara Hutton
    • In the vernacular of the trade, he was what is commonly known as "a walker " — an entertaining male escort who is usually sexually unthreatening
  • * 2007 , (The Walker) (film about a male escort)

    • Synonyms

    * (walking frame) walking frame, Zimmer frame

    Derived terms

    * baby walker * highwire walker * * * tightrope walker

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns

    See also

    * ----

    wacker

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (wack)
    • ----

    wack

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Egregious
  • (From hip-hop slang) bad (as in not good), inauthentic, of an inferior quality, contemptible, lacking integrity, inauthentic, lame, or strange.
    • Every record they ever made was straight-up wack .
  • (slang) crazy, mad, insane

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An eccentric; an oddball; a weirdo.

    • Synonyms

    * wackjob * wacko