acker

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UK/ˈa.kə/UK/ˈækə/US/ˈækɚ/

noun

A visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water.

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Meanings

acker1

nounacker (plural ackers)

plural ackers

  1. archaicdialectalA visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water.

    The wide lovely lake lay in dreamy serenity, fretted with green undulations, ruffed with blue, patched with glades of lucid smoothness between the ackers [...].

    1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 436

acker2

nounacker (plural ackers)

plural ackers

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of acre.

Acker3

proper noun
  1. An English topographical surname from Old English from Old English æcer (“field”).
  2. A German topographical surname from German from Old High German ackar (“field”).
  3. nickname from the Somerset slang for "friend" or "mate", e.g. Acker Bilk

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
pimplezit

Origin

acker · noun

Unknown; perhaps a variant of eagre.

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acker · noun

Variant forms.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with acker

trackerhackerattackerpackerlacquerstackerslackerblackerwhackersackersmackerpamper packerrackerslackpackersnacker
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Anagrams

creakcrakecakerKacer
Cite this entry
APA

acker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acker

MLA

“acker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acker.

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