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View usage for: (ˈpaɪkə) noun slang1. Australian a wild bullock 2. Australian and New Zealand a useless person; failure 3. US, Australian and New Zealand a lazy person; shirker Word origin C19: perhaps related to pike3piker in American English (ˈpaɪkər) noun US, Slang a person who does things in a petty or niggardly way; esp. one who gambles or speculates in an overly cautious way Word origin orig., prob. one from Pike County, Missouri, then applied to Missourians generally: reason for later uses obscure Examples of 'piker' in a sentencepiker Synonyms of 'piker'slacker, shirker, skiver, loafer More Synonyms of piker Definition shirker (Australian, New Zealand, slang) He works so hard he makes the rest of us look like pikers. Synonyms shirker passenger do-nothing dodger bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal) gold brick (US, slang) scrimshanker (British military, slang) Additional synonymsDefinition an irresponsible or worthless person a bunch of lazy good-for-nothings Synonyms layabout, piker (Australian, New Zealand, slang), slacker (informal), profligate, waster, black sheep, skiver (British, slang), idler, ne'er-do-well, wastrel, bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal), scapegrace, rapscallionHe resents being seen as a moneyed idler. Synonyms loafer, lounger, piker (Australian, New Zealand, slang), drone, dodger, slouch (informal), shirker, slacker, couch potato (slang), sloth, dawdler, laggard, time-waster, layabout, deadbeat (informal, US, Canadian), skiver (British, slang), malingerer, sluggard, bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal), clock-watcher, slugabed, lazybones (informal), Wearie Willie (informal) Definition a lazy person The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited. Synonyms idler, lounger, piker (Australian, New Zealand, slang), shirker, loafer, couch potato (slang), vagrant, laggard, skiver (British, slang), beachcomber, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, wastrel, bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal), slubberdegullion (archaic) - pigeonhole
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Additional synonymsDefinition a person who avoids work He's a bit of a loafer, who once worked in a bar but disliked being bossed around. Synonyms idler, lounger, bum (informal), piker (Australian, New Zealand, slang), drone (British), shirker, couch potato (slang), time-waster, layabout, skiver (British, slang), ne'er-do-well, wastrel, bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal), lazybones (informal) Synonyms slacker, piker (Australian, New Zealand, slang), dodger, shirk, quitter, skiver (British, slang), idler, malingerer, bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal), clock-watcher, gold brick (US, slang), scrimshanker (British, slang) He was a skiver and a thief. Synonyms slacker, loafer, idler, do-nothing, piker (Australian, New Zealand, slang), dodger, shirker, bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal), gold brick (US, slang), scrimshanker (British, slang) |