piker

[ pahy-ker ]

/ ˈpaɪ kər /

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noun Informal.

a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.

a stingy, tight-fisted person; tightwad.

a person who gambles, speculates, etc., in a small, cautious way.

Origin of piker

1275–1325; Middle English: petty thief, equivalent to pik(en) to pick¹ + -er¹; compare dial. (N England, Scots, Hiberno-English ) pike to pick¹

SYNONYMS FOR piker

2 cheapskate, penny pincher, skinflint.

SEE SYNONYMS FOR piker ON THESAURUS.COM

Words nearby piker

piked dogfish, pikelet, pikeman, pikeperch, pike pole, piker, Pikes Peak, pikestaff, Pikesville, pikey, piking

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Example sentences from the Web for piker

I'm in a fair way to come out of this the biggest scoundrel alive—the piker who takes advantage of the innocence of a good girl.
The Real Man|Francis Lynde
The piker plays in small spurts from fifty cents to three dollars a day.
The Vice Bondage of a Great City or the Wickedest City in the World|Robert O. Harland
There never was a piker in the Cottle family, was there, Wes?
Fore!|Charles Emmett Van Loan
He thinks he's been a piker and that you and I are his first-assistant pikers.
Cappy Ricks Retires|Peter B. Kyne

It may be a good administration or it may be a bad one, but there is no sign or symptom that it is going to be a piker.
The Unpopular Review Vol. I|Various

British Dictionary definitions for piker

piker

/ (ˈpaɪkə) /

noun slang

Australian a wild bullock

Australian and NZ a useless person; failure

US, Australian and NZ a lazy person; shirker

a mean person

Word Origin for piker

C19: perhaps related to pike ³

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	piker
释义	piker [ pahy-ker ] / ˈpaɪ kər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR piker ON THESAURUS.COM noun Informal. a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way. a stingy, tight-fisted person; tightwad. a person who gambles, speculates, etc., in a small, cautious way. Origin of piker 1275–1325; Middle English: petty thief, equivalent to pik(en) to pick¹ + -er¹; compare dial. (N England, Scots, Hiberno-English ) pike to pick¹ SYNONYMS FOR piker 2 cheapskate, penny pincher, skinflint. SEE SYNONYMS FOR piker ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby piker piked dogfish, pikelet, pikeman, pikeperch, pike pole, piker, Pikes Peak, pikestaff, Pikesville, pikey, piking Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for piker I'm in a fair way to come out of this the biggest scoundrel alive—the piker who takes advantage of the innocence of a good girl. The Real Man\|Francis Lynde The piker plays in small spurts from fifty cents to three dollars a day. The Vice Bondage of a Great City or the Wickedest City in the World\|Robert O. Harland There never was a piker in the Cottle family, was there, Wes? Fore!\|Charles Emmett Van Loan He thinks he's been a piker and that you and I are his first-assistant pikers. Cappy Ricks Retires\|Peter B. Kyne It may be a good administration or it may be a bad one, but there is no sign or symptom that it is going to be a piker. The Unpopular Review Vol. I\|Various British Dictionary definitions for piker piker / (ˈpaɪkə) / noun slang Australian a wild bullock Australian and NZ a useless person; failure US, Australian and NZ a lazy person; shirker a mean person Word Origin for piker C19: perhaps related to pike ³ Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to piker deserter, dropout, goldbrick, wimp, slacker, shirker, goof-off, tightwad, skinflint, penny pincher
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piker

noun Informal.

Origin of piker

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Words nearby piker

Example sentences from the Web for piker

British Dictionary definitions for piker

noun slang

Word Origin for piker

Words related to piker