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thrasher

thrasher noun: one who thrashes.

thrasher: one who thrashes
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Noun

thrasher (plural thrashers)

  1. One who thrashes.
  2. 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. (informal) A fan of thrash metal music.

Proper noun capitalized: Thrasher

Thrasher (plural Thrashers)

  1. A surname.

thrasher meaning in Tamil

thrasher in Tamil

கதிர் அடிக்கும் எந்திரம்

Forms of thrasher

Noun
pluralthrashers
Proper noun
pluralThrashers

Plural of thrasher: thrashers

Origin of thrasher

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

Words formed from thrasher

Questions about thrasher

What does thrasher mean?
Thrasher means one who thrashes.
What is thrasher in Tamil?
Thrasher in Tamil is கதிர் அடிக்கும் எந்திரம். See Thrasher meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thrasher?
Thrasher can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of thrasher?
The plural of thrasher is thrashers.

Words near thrasher in the dictionary

  1. thrashed
  2. thrashed about
  3. thrashed out
  4. thrashel
  5. thrashels
  6. thrasher
  7. thrashers
  8. thrashes
  9. thrashes about
  10. thrashes out
  11. thrashest

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