ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Stocker

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈstɑkɚ/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Stocker is a noun meaning One who crafts gun stocks.

Meaning

One who crafts gun stocks.

More Meanings

  1. One who stocks shelves with inventory.
  2. One who supplies raw material to a machine.
  3. (agriculture) Livestock that is wintered and then sold in the spring; often contrasted with a feeder when the focus is on intended disposition.
  4. (automotive) A racecar in certain classes of auto racing whose origins are nominally or notionally related to factory-stock autos, such as stock car racing or super-stock drag racing.

Example Sentences

Will you keep those calves as feeders or only as stockers?
All feeder calves wintered and sold in the spring are stockers, whether they go to grass or to the feedlot.
Any small-block Chevy engine, whether it be a stocker, street rod, or racer, will benefit from proper balancing.
For a starter, a complete technical analysis of the winningest NASCAR stocker of all time, Richard Petty’s 1967 Plymouth Belvedere.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stockkeeper, stockgrower, stockman, store, stockperson, stockboy.

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