crusher
/ˈkɹʌʃə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.11 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone or something that crushes.
name
A surname
Example Sentences
- "[…] for unless a matter be true enough to stand a good deal of misrepresentation, its truth is not of a very robust order, and the blame will rather lie with its own delicacy than with the carelessness of the crusher."
- "Woe unto every backbiter, slanderer, who has gathered riches and counted them over thinking his riches have made him immortal! ¶ No indeed, he shall be thrust into the Crusher, and what shall teach thee what is the Crusher?"
- "Anything about the police sets them a talking at once. […] 'The blessed crushers are everywhere,' shouted one. 'I wish I'd been there to have had a shy at the eslops,' said another. And then a man sung out: 'O, don't I like the Bobbys?'"
- "Back in the lobby he bought a copy of Time but didn't like the way the plain-clothes crushers looked at him, and left."
- "“She is a crusher, ain’t she now!” Mr. Foker asked of his companion."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈkɹʌʃə/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.