thrasher

noun — 4 senses

thrasher

noun

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

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.

A thresher shark.

Informal A fan of thrash metal music.

Derived terms: brown thrasher, Cozumel thrasher, crissal thrasher, curve-billed thrasher, pearly-eyed thrasher, sage thrasher

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