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ekker

noun
/ɛkə(ɹ)/UK

Etymology

From exercise + -er (“Oxford -er”).

  1. derived from exercitium
  2. derived from exercise
  3. inherited from exercise
  4. suffixed as ekker — “exercise + er”

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. Scholastic activity designed to develop or hone academic skills.

  3. Homework.

    • The dog ate my ekker.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA