Definition of tanka. : an unrhymed Japanese verse form of five lines containing five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables respectively; also : a poem in this form â compare haiku.
(plural schleppers) 1  a servant who carries things. 2  a porter. 3  a pejorative insult for an individual who wanders aimlessly.
a person or thing that drops. 2. a glass tube with a hollow rubber bulb at one end and a small opening at the other, for drawing in a liquid and expelling it in drops; medicine dropper. 3. a short-haired dog that is a cross between a pointer and a setter. Origin of dropper.