thrasher

[ thrash-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that thrashes.
2. any of several long-tailed, thrushlike birds, especially of the genus Toxostoma, related to the mockingbirds. Compare brown thrasher.
3. thresher ( def 2 ).

thrasher

¹

/ ˈθræʃə /

noun

1. another name for thresher

thrasher

²

/ ˈθræʃə /

noun

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)

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrasher¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; thrash, -er ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrasher¹

C19: perhaps from English dialect thresher, thrusher a thrush

Example Sentences

“You might want to come over and look at this,” his wife, Pat Thrasher, suddenly called out.

From The Daily Beast

Steven W. Thrasher was named Journalist of the Year 2012 by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.

From The 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.

From The Daily Beast

Across the fields in the early morning I hear some of the rare April birds,—the chewink and the brown thrasher.

From Project Gutenberg

It proved to be written in cipher, but Mr. Thrasher declared himself ignorant alike of its contents and its author.

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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.

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I hear the notes of a Thrasher in those bushes, and the Red-winged Blackbirds are calling all through the marsh meadow.

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There is the big brown bird that you call a Thrasher, with his striped breast and long tail that spreads like a fan.

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