pikipöksy — meaning in English

English meaning

• gaffer noun The chief lighting technician on a film or television set.
• tar noun A thick, dark, sticky substance made from coal or wood, used in roofing and road-making.

Senses

pikipöksy is used for these senses in English:

• gaffer A sailor.
• tar (slang, dated) A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.

gaffer — full definition

1. noun The chief lighting technician on a film or television set.
2. noun British informal: a boss, foreman, or manager, especially in sport.
3. noun An old man, especially an elderly one from the countryside.

tar — full definition

1. noun A thick, dark, sticky substance made from coal or wood, used in roofing and road-making.
2. verb To coat something with tar.
3. noun In computing, a program (and the archive file it creates) used to bundle multiple files together on Unix-based systems.

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