ocker
UK/ˈɒkə/
ocker noun: interest on money; usury; increase.
Noun (1)
ocker (plural ockers)
Verb
ocker (third-person singular simple present ockers, present participle ockering, simple past and past participle ockered)
Noun (2)
ocker (plural ockers)
- A boorish or uncultivated Australian.
- But Willesee was finding that entertaining ockers were in short supply. Ockers who could fart and belch and drop their trousers were plentiful. There was no shortage of ockers who could sing bawdy songs and abuse Poms and chunder on cue.1987, James Oram, Hogan: The Story of a Son of Oz, page 69
- In terms of formal ‘experimentation’ Williamson proved to be the most conservative; Don′s Party was the most realist of contemporary texts. Here, an entire tribe of Ockers may be observed within the confines of the suburban sprawl.1990, “Meanjin”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 49, University of Melbourne, page 139
Adjective
ocker (comparative more ocker, superlative most ocker)
- Uncultivated; boorish.
- page 44: What a contrast was Jack Hibberd's next exercise—from highbrow obscurantism to a show that was to spray the audiences of a score of theatres with the ockerest of ocker humour and set them going off to tell their friends. It was a play destined to set Jack Hibberd on the road to legendary...1973, Leslie Rees, A History of Australian Drama: Australian drama in the 1970s, Sydney: Angus & Robertson
- I sidled up to a particularly Ocker character on the edge of a group and nervously explained my mission.1984, Sandra Jobson, Blokes, page 11
Proper noun capitalized: Ocker
Ocker
- Nickname for Oscar
Noun (3) capitalized: Ocker
Ocker (plural Ockers)
- Alternative form of ocker (a boorish or uncultivated Australian)
Examples of ocker in a sentence
- ‘Non-erotic male bonding, that’s the thing isn’t it; what our ocker cousins call “mateyness”.’1992Will Self, Cock and Bull, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Dave comes across like an ocker Australian.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, page 182:
- Singo′s subsequent campaigns became more creative, developing a louder, brasher, and decidedly more ocker image in the process.2008, Robert Crawford, But Wait, There's More!: A History of Australian Advertising, 1900-2000, page 179:
- His name is Bob Snapes, and you don′t get any more ocker than him.2008, David P. Reiter, Primary Instinct, page 93:
Forms of ocker
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ockers |
| plural | Ockers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | ockers |
| present participle | ockering |
| past participle | ockered |
| past | ockered |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more ocker |
| superlative | most ocker |
Origin of ocker
From Middle English ocker, oker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”). More at oker.
From Ocker, pet form of the name Oscar; popularised in a series of television sketches where the word was used as a general nickname.
Words formed from ocker
Words that rhyme with ocker
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Questions about ocker
- What does ocker mean?
- Ocker means interest on money; usury; increase.
- How do you use ocker in a sentence?
- ‘Non-erotic male bonding, that’s the thing isn’t it; what our ocker cousins call “mateyness”.’
- What part of speech is ocker?
- Ocker can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ocker?
- Ocker is pronounced /ˈɒkə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ocker?
- The plural of ocker is ockers.
Words near ocker in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ocker (page history and authors); Ocker (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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