ekker

/ɛkə(ɹ)/

noun 3

Collocations

VERB + EKKER

get, give, hated

EKKER + NOUN

beatrice, uppingham

PREP.

in, off, than

ADV.

contemptuously, contemptuously

Definitions

noun

Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness.

"Give me ekker," said Beatrice contemptuously. "There's no ekker in biking that I can see."

I hated sport, ekker, games, whatever they wanted to call it. And it was a fuck sight harder to get off ekker at Uppingham than it had been at prep school.

Scholastic activity designed to develop or hone academic skills.

Homework.

The dog ate my ekker.

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Example Bank

"Give me ekker," said Beatrice contemptuously. "There's no ekker in biking that I can see."

Wiktionary

I hated sport, ekker, games, whatever they wanted to call it. And it was a fuck sight harder to get off ekker at Uppingham than it had been at prep school.

Wiktionary

New bugs at Winchester can still buy Winchester Notions, which lists the school’s slang. Invaluable if you want to translate something like ‘First-year boys, not in college but keen on exercise, will

Wiktionary

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In some senses, ekker is marked as UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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