Definition of thrasher Thrasher

/θɹæˈʃɚ/ - [thratsher] - thrash•er

We found 11 definitions of thrasher from 6 different sources.

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What does thrasher mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: thrashers

thrasher - thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
  mocking thrush
  oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
  genus toxostoma, toxostoma thrashers
thrasher - a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
  thresher, threshing machine
  farm machine a machine used in farming
thrasher - large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
  thresher, thresher shark, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus
  shark any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • thrasher (Noun)
    One who thrashes.
  • thrasher (Noun)
    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.
  • thrasher (Noun)
    A thresher shark .
  • thrasher (Noun)
    A fan of.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • thrasher (n.)
    Alt. of Thresher

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • thrasher
    thrash′ėr, n. an American throstle or thrush, the brown thrush or sandy mocking-bird.—Also Thresh′er

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book

  • thrasher
    A species of shark with a long tail, Carcharias vulpes. Also applied to a kind of grampus, which was supposed to attack the whale by leaping out of the water and inflicting blows with its powerful tail.

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