slashers

Noun

slasher (plural slashers)

1. One who slashes.
2. A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
3. (informal) A horror movie with graphic blood and violence; a slasher movie.
   • Realizing there was a fresh market for a style of movie that studios had written off as niche material, Scream’s gonzo profits ushered in a wave of subsequent slashers trying to capitalize on a new generation’s discovery of the subgenre, as Gen Xers and Gen Yers alike learned (or re-learned) the...2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a Killing: The Brief Life and Bloody Death of the Post-Scream Slasher Revival”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2018
4. A murderer in such a film.
5. One who self-injures by cutting.
   • […] an overdoser, binge drinker, slasher, or sexually impulsive person, is found to act impulsively following some sort of change in a relationship.1992, Melvin R Lansky, Fathers who Fail
6. A tool for cutting undergrowth.

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