Whacker

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whacker \Whack"er\, n.
     [1913 Webster]
     1. One who whacks. [Colloq.]
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     2. Anything very large; specif., a great lie; a whopper.


        [Colloq.] --Halliwell.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  whacker
       n : something especially big or impressive of its kind [syn: {whopper}]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  whacker n. [University of Maryland: from {hacker}] 1. A person, similar
     to a {hacker}, who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems
     and how to stretch their capabilities. Whereas a hacker tends to produce
     great hacks, a whacker only ends up whacking the system or program in
     question. Whackers are often quite egotistical and eager to claim
     {wizard} status, regardless of the views of their peers. 2. A person who
     is good at programming quickly, though rather poorly and ineptly.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  whacker
       
          [University of Maryland: from {hacker}] 1. A person, similar
          to a {hacker}, who enjoys exploring the details of
          programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities.
          Whereas a hacker tends to produce great hacks, a whacker only
          ends up whacking the system or program in question.  Whackers
          are often quite egotistical and eager to claim {wizard}
          status, regardless of the views of their peers.  2. A person
          who is good at programming quickly, though rather poorly and
          ineptly.