thrasher

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Etymology

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

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thrasher (plural thrashers)

  1. One who thrashes.
  2. 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.
  3. A thresher shark.
  4. (informal) A fan of thrash metal music.

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