packer

From Middle English pakker, pakkere, packare, equivalent to pack +‎ -er.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpækɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpækə/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: pack‧er

packer (plural packers)

1. A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation

   He works as a pork packer.

   a household goods packer

   When his back problems kept him from lifting furniture, his skill as a packer kept him employed.

   1. Clipping of meatpacker.
2. (computing) A software program that compresses code or data.
   • 2009, Harlan Carvey, Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit:

     Many times, the malware authors will use packers and even encryption tools to disguise their software […]

3. (US) A ring of packing or a special device to render gastight and watertight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well.
4. (LGBT) An artificial penis or similar object worn by a drag king, trans man, etc., inside the trousers.
5. (New Zealand) An object inserted to hold a space open for the purpose of alignment; a spacer or shim.
6. (dated) A kind of trunk for luggage.
7. (Australia) A packhorse.
8. (Nigeria) A dustpan.

• Jonathon Green (2024) “packer n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

• repack

packer

1. Alternative form of pakkere