"slasher" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: slashers [plural]
Etymology: From slash + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|slash|-er|id2=agent noun}} slash + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} slasher (plural slashers)
  1. One who slashes.
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  2. A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
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  3. (informal, film) A horror movie with graphic blood and violence; a slasher movie. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Film, Horror Translations (horror movie): 砍殺電影 (Chinese Mandarin), 砍杀电影 (kǎnshādiànyǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), slasher [masculine] (French), kaszabolós film/horror (Hungarian), スラッシャ映画 (suratshya ēnga) (alt: すらっしゃえいが) (Japanese), slasher [masculine] (Polish), slasher (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-slasher-en-noun-OHzB72Vk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 1 41 1 20 1 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 19 4 37 2 19 2 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 5 37 2 18 2 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 3 36 2 25 2 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 2 41 1 19 1 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 6 34 2 17 2 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 3 29 2 21 2 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 5 38 2 18 2 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 4 32 2 20 2 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 16 4 31 2 17 2 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 5 30 2 17 2 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 4 40 1 18 1 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 19 6 36 2 18 2 16 Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television Disambiguation of 'horror movie': 0 0 100 0 0 0 0
  4. A murderer in such a film.
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  5. One who self-injures by cutting.
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  6. A tool for cutting undergrowth. Translations (a tool for cutting undergrowth): hūka (Maori), tāwai (Maori), chwiwgi [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-slasher-en-noun-1OwS4jqj Disambiguation of 'a tool for cutting undergrowth': 0 0 0 0 3 97 0
  7. (fandom slang) One who writes slash fiction and/or supports male/male ships. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Fan fiction, Genres, Shipping (fandom) Coordinate_terms (slash fiction): shipper
    Sense id: en-slasher-en-noun-nEOSRU3X Disambiguation of Fan fiction: 3 2 7 1 3 1 82 Disambiguation of Genres: 10 2 26 2 11 2 48 Disambiguation of Shipping (fandom): 5 1 10 1 5 1 78 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 3 29 2 21 2 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 4 32 2 20 2 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 16 4 31 2 17 2 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 5 30 2 17 2 27 Topics: lifestyle Disambiguation of 'slash fiction': 3 0 4 0 1 0 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: femslasher, hack and slasher, hack-and-slasher, slasher film, slasher flick, slasher movie

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /esˈlaʃeɾ/, [esˈla.ʃeɾ] Forms: slashers [plural]
Rhymes: -aʃeɾ Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English slasher. Etymology templates: {{ubor|es|en|slasher}} Unadapted borrowing from English slasher Head templates: {{es-noun|m|slashers}} slasher m (plural slashers)
  1. slasher (horror subgenre) Wikipedia link: Royal Spanish Academy, es:slasher Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Film, Genres, Horror Synonyms: cine slasher Hypernyms: cine de terror
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      "ipa": "/esˈlaʃeɾ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[esˈla.ʃeɾ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʃeɾ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slasher"
}
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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
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    {
      "sense": "slash fiction",
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    }
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      "word": "femslasher"
    },
    {
      "word": "hack and slasher"
    },
    {
      "word": "hack-and-slasher"
    },
    {
      "word": "slasher film"
    },
    {
      "word": "slasher flick"
    },
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      "word": "slasher movie"
    }
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        "One who slashes."
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      "glosses": [
        "A machine for applying size to warp yarns."
      ],
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          "ref": "2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a Killing: The Brief Life and Bloody Death of the Post-Scream Slasher Revival”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2018-03-05:",
          "text": "Realizing there was a fresh market for a style of movie that studios had written off as niche material, Scream’s gonzo profits ushered in a wave of subsequent slashers trying to capitalize on a new generation’s discovery of the subgenre, as Gen Xers and Gen Yers alike learned (or re-learned) the fundamental pleasures of a good old-fashioned murder spree by a crazed killer, supernatural or otherwise.",
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        "(informal, film) A horror movie with graphic blood and violence; a slasher movie."
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        "television"
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        "A murderer in such a film."
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        {
          "ref": "1992, Melvin R Lansky, Fathers who Fail:",
          "text": "[…] an overdoser, binge drinker, slasher, or sexually impulsive person, is found to act impulsively following some sort of change in a relationship.",
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        }
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        "One who self-injures by cutting."
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      "glosses": [
        "A tool for cutting undergrowth."
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        {
          "ref": "2002 December 21, Christopher Noxon, “What to do about Harry Potter Porn?”, in The Vancouver Sun, page 96:",
          "text": "With the success of the first film and the third one already in production, Warner Bros. is more likely to greet Harry Potter slashers with more takedown orders than tolerance.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Francesca Coppa, “Writing Bodies in Space: Media Fan Fiction as Theatrical Performance”, in Kristina Busse, editor, Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays, page 49:",
          "text": "The same aspects that made buddy shows attractive to relationship-oriented fans also made them attractive to slashers; the fact that these shows were set in an era of tight jeans and unbuttoned shirts, and of the loosening of formerly strict standards of acceptable male behavior, only provided additional evidence for homoerotic interpretation.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Kathryn Hill, “'Easy to Associate Angsty Lyrics with Buffy': An Introduction to a Participatory Fan Culture: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vidders, Popular Music and the Internet”, in Mary Kirby-Diaz, editor, Buffy and Angel Conquer the Internet: Essays on Online Fandom, page 182:",
          "text": "In other words denied their own voice by a conservative misogynist culture, the original female slashers and vidders needed male characters as surrogates to express their own identity and desires.",
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        "(fandom slang) One who writes slash fiction and/or supports male/male ships."
      ],
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "horror movie",
      "word": "砍殺電影"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kǎnshādiànyǐng",
      "sense": "horror movie",
      "word": "砍杀电影"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "horror movie",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slasher"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "horror movie",
      "word": "kaszabolós film/horror"
    },
    {
      "alt": "すらっしゃえいが",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suratshya ēnga",
      "sense": "horror movie",
      "word": "スラッシャ映画"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "horror movie",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slasher"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "horror movie",
      "word": "slasher"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a tool for cutting undergrowth",
      "word": "hūka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a tool for cutting undergrowth",
      "word": "tāwai"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a tool for cutting undergrowth",
      "tags": [
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    }
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}

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      "word": "cine de terror"
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      "ipa": "/esˈlaʃeɾ/"
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      "ipa": "[esˈla.ʃeɾ]"
    },
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    {
      "word": "cine slasher"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slasher"
}

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