spanker

A noun with two distinct meanings: one referring to a person who strikes with an open hand, and another referring to a specific type of fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast of a sailing vessel.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv mit zwei Hauptbedeutungen: eine Person, die mit der flachen Hand schlägt, oder ein bestimmtes Schrägsegel, das am hinteren unteren Mast eines Segelschiffs angebracht ist.

1. A person who spanks B2 informal

   A person who hits someone, especially a child, with an open hand as a punishment.

   • The strict nanny was known as a spanker.
   • He was a spanker who believed in corporal punishment.
   • The spanker used a paddle on the misbehaving child.

   🇩🇪Schlagender

2. A sail on a ship C2 formal

   A fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast, typically the mizzenmast, of a sailing vessel.

   • The crew hoisted the spanker to catch the wind.
   • The spanker helped balance the ship in strong winds.
   • He adjusted the spanker to improve the vessel's speed.

   🇩🇪Besan

   Synonyme: driver

• spankers plural form
• spankers' possessive plural form
• spanker's possessive singular form