thrasher

[ thrash-er ]

/ ˈθræʃ ər /

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noun

a person or thing that thrashes.

any of several long-tailed, thrushlike birds, especially of the genus Toxostoma, related to the mockingbirds.Compare brown thrasher.

thresher (def. 2).

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Origin of thrasher

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at thrash, -er¹

Words nearby thrasher

thralldom, thrang, thrapple, thrash, thrash about, thrasher, thrashing, thrash metal, thrash out, thrasonical, Thrasybulus

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How to use thrasher in a sentence

“You might want to come over and look at this,” his wife, Pat Thrasher, suddenly called out.
How Amelia's Plane Was Found|Michael Daly|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Steven W. Thrasher was named Journalist of the Year 2012 by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.
Edie Windsor on Love, and More Scenes From a Gay Marriage|Steven Thrasher|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He slouches in his tall frame, wears a Thrasher T shirt to an interview and on this particular morning has sticky-looking hair.
Hollywood’s Reluctant Leading Man|Lorenza Muñoz|August 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Across the fields in the early morning I hear some of the rare April birds,—the chewink and the brown thrasher.
A Year in the Fields|John Burroughs

It proved to be written in cipher, but Mr. Thrasher declared himself ignorant alike of its contents and its author.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851|Various
Taken as a whole I think that the song of this Thrasher is the most musical and pleasing of any that I have ever heard.
Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies|Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed
I hear the notes of a Thrasher in those bushes, and the Red-winged Blackbirds are calling all through the marsh meadow.
Citizen Bird|Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues
There is the big brown bird that you call a Thrasher, with his striped breast and long tail that spreads like a fan.
Citizen Bird|Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues

British Dictionary definitions for thrasher (1 of 2)

thrasher¹

/ (ˈθræʃə) /

noun

another name for thresher (def. 3)

British Dictionary definitions for thrasher (2 of 2)

thrasher²

/ (ˈθræʃə) /

noun

any of various brown thrushlike American songbirds of the genus Toxostoma and related genera, having a long downward-curving bill and long tail: family Mimidae (mockingbirds)

Word Origin for thrasher

C19: perhaps from English dialect thresher, thrusher a thrush

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