Meanings
thrasher1
nounthrasher (plural thrashers)
plural thrashers
- One who thrashes.
- 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.
- informalA fan of thrash metal music.
Thrasher2
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
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Broader
farm machine
nounthrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
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mocking thrush
Broader
oscineoscine bird
nounlarge pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
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Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Originally a variant of thresher; equivalent to thrash + -er.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish pieksäjä, matkija
- pieksäjäone who thrashes
- matkijabird of family Mimidae
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APA
thrasher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thrasher
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“thrasher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thrasher. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thrasher,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thrasher.
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