name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
thrasher
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CMU ARPABET: TH R AE1 SH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who thrashes.
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noun
Meaning 3
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.
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noun
Meaning 4
A thresher shark.
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noun
Meaning 5
A fan of thrash metal music.
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Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 6
large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thresher, thresher shark, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shark
noun
Meaning 7
thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mocking thrush
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Broader terms: oscine, oscine bird
Narrower terms: brown thrasher, brown thrush, Toxostoma rufums
noun
Meaning 8
a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thresher, threshing machine
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Broader terms: farm machine
History
Etymology
Originally a variant of thresher; equivalent to thrash + -er.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: pieksäjä — one who thrashes
- Finnish: matkija — bird of family Mimidae
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