packer
IPA: pˈækɝ
noun
- A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
- (computing) A software program that compresses code or data.
- (US) A ring of packing or a special device to render gastight and watertight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well.
- (LGBT) An artificial penis or similar object worn by a drag king, trans man, etc., inside the trousers.
- (New Zealand) An object inserted to hold a space open for the purpose of alignment; a spacer or shim.
- (dated) A kind of trunk for luggage.
- (Australia) A packhorse.
- (Nigeria) A dustpan.
- A person who plays football for the Green Bay Packers professional football team.
- Clipping of meatpacker. [A person involved in the meatpacking industry, including slaughtering and meat processing]
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Examples of "packer" in Sentences
- The last "packer" managed to avoid the toilet for a record 16 days.
- A packer is a program that can compress and obfuscate a target program.
- I wonder if they thought the packer was an idiot, too, or they just didn’t notice.
- "Expecting the packer to do it is crazy - the packer is the processor, not the producer."
- The packer was a taciturn inhabitant of the wilds who seldom indulged in an unnecessary remark.
- For twenty years, William had served in the capacity of a "packer" under Messrs. Turner and White, who held a deed for William as their legal property.
- Driller 3 that is drilling the relief well hasn't disconnected, but they've put a subsea containment device they call a packer into the well to protect it. "
- The briskets you buy in Texas are usually what is known as a packer cut — this means that it’s the full chest muscle (yes, brisket is bovine breast meat) and it’s usually covered in a generous layer of fat and weighs anywhere from seven to 11 pounds.
- How the books (not having been chosen with reference to this great event) were of awkward sizes, and did not make comfortable paving for the bottom of the trunk; whilst folded stockings may be called the packer's delight, from their usefulness to fill up corners.
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