thrasher

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈθræʃə/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈθræʃɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(thrash′ər)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
thrash•er /ˈθræʃɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a person or thing that thrashes.
  2. a long-tailed bird like a thrush.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
thrash•er  (thrash′ər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person or thing that thrashes.
  2. any of several long-tailed, thrushlike birds, esp. of the genus Toxostoma, related to the mockingbirds. Cf. brown thrasher. 
  3. thresher (def. 2).
  • 1350–1400; Middle English; see thrash, -er1

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
thrasher / ˈθræʃə/
  1. another name for thresher3
thrasher / ˈθræʃə/
  1. 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)
Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps from English dialect thresher, thrusher a thrush
'thrasher' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
brown thrasher - sage thrasher - sicklebill - thresher

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