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ekkers

ekkers is the alternative spelling of ekker.

Meaning of ekker

Noun

ekker (uncountable)

  1. (UK, school slang) Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness.
    • "Give me ekker," said Beatrice contemptuously. "There's no ekker in biking that I can see."1920, Edmée Elizabeth Monica Delafield, The Heel of Achilles, New York: Macmillan, published 1921, page 63
  2. (UK, school slang) Scholastic activity designed to develop or hone academic skills.
  3. (Australia, Ireland, broadly, school slang) Homework.
    • The dog ate my ekker.2015 September 19, hinault, “Chirch membership discussion”, in Boards.ie, retrieved 13 Jun 2017

Questions about ekkers

What is ekkers the alternative spelling of?
Ekkers is the alternative spelling of ekker.

Words near ekkers in the dictionary

  1. Ekiti
  2. ekka
  3. Ekka flu
  4. ekkas
  5. ekker
  6. ekkers
  7. ekki
  8. ekklesia
  9. ekklesiae
  10. ekklesiai
  11. ekklesias

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