Lexic.us

Definition of Thrasher

1. Noun. A farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw.

2. Noun. Thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs.

3. Noun. Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed.

Definition of Thrasher

1. n. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.

Definition of Thrasher

1. Noun. One who thrashes. ¹

2. Noun. Any of several New World passerine songbirds, of the genus ''Toxostoma'', that have a long, downward-curved beak ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thrasher

1. one that thrashes [n -S] - See also: thrashes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrasher

thranging thrangs thranite thranites thrapple thrappled thrapples thrash thrash about thrash metal

thrash out thrashcore thrashed thrashel thrashels thrasher (current term) thrashers thrashes thrashier thrashiest

thrashing thrashing floor thrashing floors thrashingfloor thrashingfloors thrashings thrasht thrashy thrasonic thrasonical

Literary usage of Thrasher

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1860)
"SIR,— The object of this despatch is to call your attention particularly to the case of John S. thrasher, a native-born citizen of the United States, ..."

2. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1851)
"THE CASE OF thrasher. Mr, Webster to Mr. Barringer. ... It is much to be regretted that Mr. thrasher has made no communication whatever to this department ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"THE California thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) is one of the several ... Only at the south does the California thrasher occur beyond the limits of the state ..."

4. Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Florida by Florida Supreme Court (1884)
"thrasher et al.—Statement of Case. H. thrasher, came to your orator and requested him to indorse six promissory notes made by William L. thrasher, ..."

5. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1877)
"THE CASE OF thrasher. Mr. Webster to Mr. Barringer. ... It is much to be regretted that Mr. thrasher has made no communication whatever to this department ..."

6. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster (1890)
"THE CASE OF thrasher. Mr. Webster to Mr. Barringer. ... It is much to be regretted that Mr. thrasher has made no communication whatever to this department ..."

Other Resources: