SHAMMER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shammer mean? 

• SHAMMER (noun)
  The noun SHAMMER has 2 senses:

1. someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity

2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses

  Familiarity information: SHAMMER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHAMMER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

malingerer; shammer; skulker

Hypernyms ("shammer" is a kind of...):

shirker; slacker (a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime))

Derivation:

sham (make believe with the intent to deceive)

sham (make a pretence of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who makes deceitful pretenses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fake; faker; fraud; imposter; impostor; pretender; pseud; pseudo; role player; sham; shammer

Hypernyms ("shammer" is a kind of...):

beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shammer"):

name dropper (someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends)

ringer (a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses)

Derivation:

sham (make believe with the intent to deceive)

sham (make a pretence of)