slasher

[ slash-er ]

noun
  1. a person or thing that slashes.

  2. a person who criminally attacks others with a knife, razor, or the like.

  1. a horror film depicting such a criminal and featuring gory special effects.

Origin of slasher

1
First recorded in 1550–60; slash1 + -er1

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How to use slasher in a sentence

  • All he could save from the marauders for the slashers was a sable muff over which two women rioters were fighting desperately.

British Dictionary definitions for slasher

slasher

/ (ˈslæʃə) /


noun
  1. a person or thing that slashes

  2. Australian and NZ a wooden-handled cutting tool or tractor-drawn machine used for cutting scrub or undergrowth in the bush

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