trekker

See also: Trekker

English

A group of trekkers walking up a mountain

Etymology

From trek + -er.

Pronunciation

• (non-rhotic)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛk.ə/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ɛk.ə]
• (rhotic)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛk.ɚ/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ɛk.ɚ] ~ [ˈtɹ̝̊ɛk.ɹ̩]

    • Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: trek‧ker

Noun

trekker (plural trekkers)

1. One who treks; a hiker.
2. (UK, historical, World War II) A person who spent the night in a rural area, rather than his home, during bombing raids.

Derived terms

• aerotrekker
• pony-trekker

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch trecker. Equivalent to trekken +‎ -er. The sense “tractor” is a phono-semantic matching of English tractor. Compare the same in German Trecker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛ.kər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: trek‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɛkər
• Homophone: tracker

Noun

trekker m (plural trekkers, diminutive trekkertje n)

1. (in general) puller, (someone or something that pulls)
2. (firearms) trigger
3. tractor (agricultural vehicle)

   Synonym: tractor

4. wayfarer, a hiker
5. migratory bird (sometimes specified as an actually migrating bird)

   Synonym: trekvogel

6. squeegee

   Synonym: (Belgium) aftrekker

   Hyponyms: vloertrekker, (Netherlands) vloerwisser, raamtrekker, raamwisser

7. (figuratively) lead, driving force (person in charge of a project)

Derived terms

• deeltrekker
• kurkentrekker

Descendants

• Jersey Dutch: träkker
• → English: trigger, tricker
  • → Dutch: trigger
  • → German: Trigger
  • → Romanian: trigger

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

trekker

1. present tense of trekke