acker

British  

/ ˈækə /

noun

1. informal a variant spelling of acca

2. slang a pimple

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Etymology

Origin of acker

for sense 2, a shortened form of _acne

Example Sentences

The Big Ten is partly in this predicament, Acker said, because conference commissioners in general “were ceded far too much power.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“The Big Ten has expanded four times, adding seven schools, in the last 14 years,” said Jordan Acker, a regent at the University of Michigan, in a recent meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 2017, Kraus published an exhilarating and somewhat nontraditional biography of Kathy Acker, who died in 1997.

From Los Angeles Times

“After Kathy Acker” brought a writer who had long puzzled me vividly to life and was a guide and inspiration for my last novel, which was the reason Kraus and I first met in spring of this year.

From Los Angeles Times

I wrote the Acker biography after “Summer of Hate,” and even though it was a literary biography, I approached it like a novel in terms of selection and shape.

From Los Angeles Times