acker

/ ˈækə /

noun

1. informal,  a variant spelling of acca

2. slang,  a pimple

Word History and Origins

Origin of acker¹

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.”

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“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.

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James Acker and Ryan Champagne describe it this way: “Shots from the marksmen’s rifles missed his heart. Not strapped into the chair where he had been seated, Wilkerson lurched onto the ground and exclaimed, ‘My God!

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

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“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.

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