crusher
UK/ˈkɹʌʃə/
crusher noun: someone or something that crushes.
Noun
crusher (plural crushers)
- Someone or something that crushes.
- […] for unless a matter be true enough to stand a good deal of misrepresentation, its truth is not of a very robust order, and the blame will rather lie with its own delicacy than with the carelessness of the crusher.1878, Samuel Butler, Life and Habit, London: Trübner & Co., page 1
- Woe unto every backbiter, slanderer, who has gathered riches and counted them over thinking his riches have made him immortal! ¶ No indeed, he shall be thrust into the Crusher, and what shall teach thee what is the Crusher?1955 [609–632], “The Backbiter”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., The Koran Interpreted, →ISBN, page 664
- A machine designed to crush rocks.
- A policeman.
- Anything about the police sets them a talking at once. […] 'The blessed crushers are everywhere,' shouted one. 'I wish I'd been there to have had a shy at the eslops,' said another. And then a man sung out: 'O, don't I like the Bobbys?'1851, Henry Mayhew, “The Literature of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 25
- Back in the lobby he bought a copy of Time but didn't like the way the plain-clothes crushers looked at him, and left.1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 110
- Something overwhelming.
- “She is a crusher, ain’t she now!” Mr. Foker asked of his companion.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 4, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850...
Proper noun capitalized: Crusher
Crusher (plural Crushers)
- A surname
crusher meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
crusher in Hindi
- क्रशर
crusher in Tamil
- நொறுக்கி, நொறுக்கும் பொறி, உடைப்பான்
crusher in Marathi
- क्रशर
crusher in Bengali
- পেষণকারী, ক্রাশার, ক্রশার
More languagesFewer languages
- crusher in Telugu
- క్రషర్
- crusher in Malayalam
- ക്രഷർ
- crusher in Kannada
- ಕ್ರಷರ್
- crusher in Punjabi
- ਕਰੱਸ਼ਰ, ਕ੍ਰਸ਼ਰ
- crusher in Gujarati
- ક્રશર
- crusher in Odia
- କ୍ରଷର୍, କ୍ରଶର୍
- crusher in Sanskrit
- पराशर parāśará
- crusher in Nepali
- क्रशर
Examples of crusher in a sentence
- Mistress Desiree removed the ball crusher and then selected the humbler.
- Apples were washed, then tipped, stalks and all, into the crusher and reduced to pulp.
- Crusher, using the sample Shinzon provided, confirms that he is a clone of Captain Picard.
Forms of crusher
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | crushers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Crushers |
Origin of crusher
From crush + -er (agent noun suffix), or, for one who elicits a crush, + -er (patient suffix).
Words formed from crusher
Phrases with crusher
Words that rhyme with crusher
Questions about crusher
- What does crusher mean?
- Crusher means someone or something that crushes.
- What is crusher in Hindi?
- Crusher in Hindi is क्रशर. See Crusher meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is crusher?
- Crusher can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce crusher?
- Crusher is pronounced /ˈkɹʌʃə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of crusher?
- The plural of crusher is crushers.
Words near crusher in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crusher (page history and authors); Crusher (page history and authors); crusher (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crusher (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crusher (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crusher (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crusher (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crusher (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crusher (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crusher (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crusher (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crusher (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); पराशर (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); crusher (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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