finisher

Noun

finisher (plural finishers)

1. A person who finishes or completes something.
   • The early finishers waited for the other runners to reach the finish line.
   • He became the best finsher for Australia's T20I team.
2. A person who applies a finish to something, such as furniture.
3. (dated) The person who applies the gilding and decoration in bookbinding.
   • If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.1838, Abraham Lincoln, The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions: Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, Springfield, Illinois
4. A construction machine used to smooth a newly constructed road surface.
5. The blow that ends a fight; the knock-out blow.
   • A thundering right to the head bent him back over the ropes, and then, just as I was setting myself for the finisher, I felt somebody jerking my pants leg […]1934 June, Robert E. Howard, “General Ironfist”, in Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine
6. (informal) A finishing move.
   • Tie Up Fallaway Slam (Finisher)1999, BradyGames, Secret Codes for Sega Dreamcast
   • Shadow Kick (OO+O) is best used as a punishing move and a combo finisher.2002, Ben Cureton, Paul Edwards, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance™ Official Strategy Guide
7. A player who scores points for their team.
   • After suffering a broken leg in a challenge from Stoke's Ryan Shawcross in 2010, the goal allowed Ramsey to put a positive slant on this fixture and show how he is evolving into a composed finisher.2013 September 22, Alistair Magowan, “Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City”, in BBC
   • As such, when Doncic was on the court, Brunson was a secondary facilitator and more of a finisher than a creator.2022 October 19, Andre Snellings, “Fantasy basketball: Why Jalen Brunson can be even better in New York”, in ESPN

   Synonyms:

   scorer

8. A substitute player who plays at the end of the game.
   • [Eddie] Jones has used his bench as finishers and repeated last year’s ploy that helped overcome France when he brought on Ben Te’o for [George] Ford. [Dylan] Hartley and [Mike] Brown had already gone off, along with [Nathan] Hughes, whose replacement Sam Underhill was making an impact at the...2018 February 24, Paul Rees, “Finn Russell masterminds historic Scotland victory over England”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2018
9. A visible trim element.
   • Inside, the revised F-Type gets lightweight slimline seats and new chrome and aluminium trim finishers.2017 January 10, Matt Burt, Autocar
10. Synonym of inker.

    Synonyms:

    inker