whackers
Those who strike
Whackers are people who obsessively monitor emergency radio frequencies and show up uninvited at crime scenes, accidents, or fires—often equipping their vehicles with scanners, lights, and official-looking gear.
The term is derisive, used by actual emergency responders: The whackers got there before we did.
Also the plural of whacker in its other senses—something that whacks, or British slang for something impressively large.
Flying mammal or sports club
- clubOrganization with membership
- paddleFlat-bladed water tool
- malletSoft-headed striking tool
- cudgelThick wooden club
beater · swatter · fly swatter · carpet beater · racket · slapper · thumper · knocker
Unconventional in character
- oddballEccentric individual
- weirdoPeculiar person, dismissively
- nutjobSlang for unstable person
- crackpotEccentric with strange ideas
kook · madcap · loony · screwball · crazy person · wacko · nutter · lunatic
Power tool for overgrowth
- string trimmerMotorized lawn edge cutter
- macheteHeavy broad-bladed knife
- scytheManual crop-cutting implement
- sickleCurved hand-held harvesting blade
bat
Flying mammal or sports club
cudgel · beater · swatter · fly swatter · carpet beater · racket · slapper · thumper · knocker · basher
eccentric
Unconventional in character
crackpot · kook · madcap · loony · screwball · crazy person · wacko · nutter · lunatic · crank
brush cutter
Power tool for overgrowth
- string trimmerMotorized lawn edge cutter
- macheteHeavy broad-bladed knife
- scytheManual crop-cutting implement
sickle · edger · grass cutter
whackersmowers
Devices that cut turf
lawn mowers · riding mowers · push mowers · reel mowers · hedge trimmers
whackersplanters
Vessels for cultivating vegetation
seeders · fertilizers · growers · cultivators · nurturers
whackersstrokers
Those who pet
caressers · patters · soothers · protectors
- weed whackerHandheld lawn edging tool
- whacked offCut off forcefully