noun a small coin.
2. spanker ·noun one who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking.
3. spanker ·noun one who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast horse.
4. spanker ·noun something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as a stout or tall person.
5. spanker ·noun the after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff;
sometimes called driver. ·see ·illust. under sail.