1. a fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost mast of a sailing ship
Usage: nautical
2. something remarkably fine or large of its kind
Usage: informal

Examples

• The crew hoisted the spanker to catch the wind from behind.
• The ship’s spanker billowed in the afternoon breeze.
• That new car of yours is a real spanker!
• She caught a spanker of a fish on her first cast.
• The spanker sail helped stabilize the vessel in rough seas.
• What a spanker of a storm we had last night!