smacker

smacker
smacker "money," c.1918, Amer.Eng. slang, perhaps from SMACK (Cf. smack) (v.1) on notion of something "smacked" into the palm of the hand. Extended form smackeroo is attested from 1940.

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  • smacker — UK [ˈsmækə(r)] / US [ˈsmækər] or smackeroo UK [ˌsmækəˈruː] / US [ˌsmækəˈru] noun [countable] Word forms smacker : singular smacker plural smackers informal 1) a loud kiss 2) [usually plural] a pound or a dollar …   English dictionary

  • smacker — (also smackeroo) ► NOUN informal 1) a loud kiss. 2) Brit. one pound sterling. 3) N. Amer. one dollar …   English terms dictionary

  • smacker — [smak′ər] n. 1. a person or thing that smacks ☆ 2. [Old Slang] a dollar …   English World dictionary

  • smacker — 1. n. the face. (See also kisser.) □ What a gorgeous smacker on that chick. □ She ought to give that ugly smacker back to the horse before it runs into something. 2. n. a dollar. (Underworld.) □ You got a couple of smackers for the toll booth? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • smäcker — • bräcklig, skör, spröd, späd, smäcker, fragil • smärt, smal, slank, rank, smidig, tunn • slank, smal, smäcker, spenslig, tunn, mager …   Svensk synonymlexikon

  • smacker — Noun. 1. A loud kiss. From the noise it might make. 2. One pound sterling, although usually in the plural. E.g. She still owes me 40 smackers from last week. 3. A strong physical blow. E.g. I caught him a right smacker on his jaw …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • Smacker video — Infobox file format name = Smacker icon = extension = .smk mime = owner = RAD Game Tools type code = Smk2 genre = video codec container for = Smacker contained by = extended from = extended to = Smacker video is a video file format (with the .SMK …   Wikipedia

  • smacker — noun Date: 1611 1. one that smacks 2. slang dollar …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • smacker — /smak euhr/, n. Slang. a dollar. [1915 20, Amer.; SMACK2 + ER1] * * * …   Universalium

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