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
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- neo-thrash English
- thrash English
- thrashcore English
- thrashel English
- thrashest English
- thrasheth English
- thrashy English
- thrash Dutch, Flemish
- thrasshen Middle English