dacker

[dak-er, dah-ker]

verb (used without object)

Scot. and North England.

1. to totter or stagger.

2. to waver or shake.

3. to saunter; move slowly or idly.

4. to vacillate; act irresolutely or indecisively.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dacker¹

1625–35; perhaps < early Dutch daeckeren to flutter, vibrate, Middle Dutch dakeren to wave, flutter

Example Sentences

“There is inherent shame around sex, so an infection from sex is seen as avoidable and due to either poor hygiene or ‘sleeping around,’” says Dr. Evelin Dacker, a physician who specializes in sexual health and consent.

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Dacker went 2 for 3 in the game and narrowly missed his second homer with his eighth-inning double.

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Whereupon Finn told them the whole story of the Gilla Dacker's doings from beginning to end.

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They held council, therefore; and the resolution they came to was to return to the rock at the spot where they had turned aside from the track of the Gilla Dacker, and to begin their search anew from that.

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Finn and the others now turned round again, with intent to speak to the Gilla Dacker and bring him and his people into the tents; but much did they marvel to find them all gone.

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