thrasher

English

noun
Definitions
  • 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.

Etymology

Suffix from English thrash.

Origin

English

thrash

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