"thrasher" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thrashers [plural]
Etymology: Originally a variant of thresher; equivalent to thrash + -er. Etymology templates: {{m|en|thresher}} thresher, {{suffix|en|thrash|er}} thrash + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} thrasher (plural thrashers)
  1. One who thrashes. Categories (topical): Fans (people) Translations (one who thrashes): pieksäjä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-thrasher-en-noun-h4iiSHJD Disambiguation of Fans (people): 37 18 9 35 Disambiguation of 'one who thrashes': 92 1 2 5
  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. Categories (topical): Fans (people) Categories (lifeform): Lamniform sharks, Mimids Translations (bird of family Mimidae): matkija (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-thrasher-en-noun-AC0skU-X Disambiguation of Fans (people): 37 18 9 35 Disambiguation of Lamniform sharks: 9 37 36 17 Disambiguation of Mimids: 8 40 33 19 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: 8 34 37 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 36 38 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 10 36 34 21 Disambiguation of 'bird of family Mimidae': 3 74 15 8
  3. A thresher shark. Categories (lifeform): Lamniform sharks, Mimids
    Sense id: en-thrasher-en-noun-uLTCnpaB Disambiguation of Lamniform sharks: 9 37 36 17 Disambiguation of Mimids: 8 40 33 19 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: 8 34 37 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 36 38 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 10 36 34 21
  4. (informal) A fan of thrash metal music. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Fans (people) Categories (lifeform): Lamniform sharks, Mimids
    Sense id: en-thrasher-en-noun-YtEhRXXH Disambiguation of Fans (people): 37 18 9 35 Disambiguation of Lamniform sharks: 9 37 36 17 Disambiguation of Mimids: 8 40 33 19 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: 8 34 37 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 36 38 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 10 36 34 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brown thrasher, Cozumel thrasher, crissal thrasher, curve-billed thrasher, sage thrasher

Inflected forms

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