stacker

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US/ˈstækɚ/

noun

Any person or thing that stacks.

“a spring-loaded plate stacker in a cafeteria”

Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

stacker1

nounstacker (plural stackers)

plural stackers

  1. Any person or thing that stacks.

    As behavioral scientists we are not good block stackers — we don't replicate enough or build systematically across knowledge bases.

    1991, Joan H. Cantor, Charles C. Spiker, Lewis Paeff Lipsitt, Child Behavior and Development: Training for Diversity, page 168
    1. A worker who stacks the shelves in a supermarket.
    2. A participant in sport stacking.
  2. Any device allowing items to be stacked.

    a spring-loaded plate stacker in a cafeteria

    1. An output bin in a document feeding or punch card machine (contrast with hopper).
  3. informalA person who collects precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.

Stacker2

proper nounStacker (plural Stackers)

plural Stackers

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

Stacker · proper noun

  1. GermanStäcker
  2. EnglishStacker

Borrowed from German Stäcker.

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Translations

French gerbeur
  • gerbeurworker in supermarket
Spanish reponedor, reponedora
  • reponedorworker in supermarket
  • reponedoraworker in supermarket
  • apiladorworker in supermarket
  • apiladoraworker in supermarket

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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