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thrasher

noun

Etymology

Originally a variant of thresher; equivalent to thrash + -er.

  1. inherited from *þreskaną✻
  2. inherited from þrescan
  3. inherited from thrasshen
  4. suffixed as thrasher — “thrash + er”

Definitions

  1. One who thrashes.

  2. Any of several New World passerine songbirds, of the genera Toxostoma, Allenia,…

    Any of several New World passerine songbirds, of the genera Toxostoma, Allenia, Margarops, Oreoscoptes and Ramphocinclus in the family Mimidae, that have a long, downward-curved beak.

  3. A thresher shark.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A fan of thrash metal music.

    2. A surname.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA