ocker

[ ok-er ]

noun

1. an uncultured Australian male.
2. an uncouth, offensive male chauvinist.

adjective

1. of or relating to such a person.
2. typically Australian.

ocker

/ ˈɒkə /

noun

1. often capital an uncultivated or boorish Australian

adjective

1. typical of such a person

Word History and Origins

Origin of ocker¹

First recorded in 1970–75; after Ocker, a character in an Australian television series

Word History and Origins

Origin of ocker¹

C20: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Stella Ocker, a postdoctoral fellow at Caltech and the Carnegie Observatories, says astronomers are good at observing things far off or inside our solar bubble, but struggle to see what’s in between.

From Science Magazine

Carol Ocker, who manages the couple's philanthropic giving, did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday.

From Salon

“Our team at Little Goose Dam took appropriate actions to remove the turbine from service, assess and contain the leak,” said Paul Ocker, operations division chief for the Corp’s Walla Walla District said.

From Seattle Times

Board on Geographic Names will also review the change, said Washington Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Kenny Ocker.

From Seattle Times

"It's very faint and monotone, because it is in a narrow frequency bandwidth," Stella Koch Ocker, a doctoral student in the Department of Astronomy and Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, told Salon at the time about the study of which she was lead author.

From Salon