English Explanatory Dictionary

ocker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Interest on money; usury; increase.
verb
  1. To increase (in price); add to.
noun
  1. A boorish or uncultivated Australian.
adj
  1. Uncultivated; boorish.
name
  1. Nickname for Oscar
noun
  1. Alternative form of ocker (a boorish or uncultivated Australian)

Pronunciation

/ˈɒkə/ en-au-ocker.ogg

Word forms

ocker ockers ockering ockered more ocker most ocker

Etymology

From Middle English ocker, oker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to add, increase”). More at oker.

Related words

Ocker Ocker Hill

Derived words

ockering ockerer ockerdom ockerette ockerina ockerisation ockerise ockerised ockerish ockerism ockerist ockerland ocker up
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