slasher

[slash-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that slashes. slash.

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

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

slasher

/ ˈslæʃə /

noun

1. a person or thing that slashes

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of slasher¹

First recorded in 1550–60; slash ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

We love the dog more in five minutes than we do some slasher final girls who’ve survived several sequels.

From Los Angeles Times

Beyond modeling and maintaining an online following, the Princess Gollum ethos has acted as a vehicle for her “slasher” lifestyle, meaning she has her hands in many creative pots.

From Los Angeles Times

We witness reverent preparation, much ceremony and more blood than any slasher film, and eventually absorb the unmistakable sense that this macho performative world exists almost defiantly against anyone’s notion of “progress.”

From Los Angeles Times

Written by Kevin Williamson, the talent behind the clever slasher “Scream” and the earnest romance “Dawson’s Creek,” it couldn’t quite capture the best elements of both.

From Los Angeles Times

Hot on the heels of 28 Years Later comes I Know What You Did Last Summer, a sort-of-but-not-technically remake of the 1997 slasher classic.

From BBC