"slasher" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: slashers [plural]
Etymology: slash + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|slash|er}} slash + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} slasher (plural slashers)
  1. One who slashes.
    Sense id: en-slasher-en-noun-kAQS1QB-
  2. A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
    Sense id: en-slasher-en-noun-8e33lQH1
  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 entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 1 38 0 16 16 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 1 54 1 12 10 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 14 5 42 2 13 13 11 Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television Disambiguation of 'horror movie': 4 0 84 0 4 5 4
  4. A murderer in such a film.
    Sense id: en-slasher-en-noun-dIRES6JM
  5. One who self-injures by cutting.
    Sense id: en-slasher-en-noun-b7l-9SrU
  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': 2 0 4 0 4 88 2
  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 8 1 3 2 81 Disambiguation of Genres: 8 2 22 2 9 11 47 Disambiguation of Shipping (fandom): 3 1 8 1 3 2 81 Topics: lifestyle Disambiguation of 'slash fiction': 3 0 4 0 1 1 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: femslasher, hack and slasher, hack-and-slasher, slasher film, slasher flick, slasher movie

Inflected forms

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