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ocker.

Interest on money; usury; increase.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɒkə/UK
  1. Interest on money; usury; increase.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English ocker, oker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”). More at oker.

verb/ˈɒkə/UK
  1. To increase (in price); add to.

    dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English ocker, oker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”). More at oker.

noun/ˈɒkə/UK
  1. A boorish or uncultivated Australian.

    Australia · slang
Where this word comes from

From Ocker, pet form of the name Oscar; popularised in a series of television sketches where the word was used as a general nickname.

adj/ˈɒkə/UK
  1. Uncultivated; boorish.

    Australia · slang
Where this word comes from

From Ocker, pet form of the name Oscar; popularised in a series of television sketches where the word was used as a general nickname.

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