Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thrasher

/θɹˈæʃɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: thrash-er
IPA: /θɹˈæʃɚ/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who thrashes.

noun

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.

noun

A thresher shark.

noun

A fan of thrash metal music.

Informal

name

Etymology

Originally a variant of thresher; equivalent to thrash + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: thrash

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

thrashers (plural)

Phrases

brown thrasher Cozumel thrasher crissal thrasher curve-billed thrasher pearly-eyed thrasher sage thrasher

Synonyms

thresher thresher shark fox shark alopius vulpinus mocking thrush threshing machine

Rhymes With

asher slasher basher dasher flasher smasher ashur brasher ascher lasher casher hasher

Questions

How do you pronounce thrasher?: The recorded pronunciation is /θɹˈæʃɚ/.
What does thrasher mean?: One who thrashes.
Where does thrasher come from?: Originally a variant of thresher; equivalent to thrash + -er.

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