What does THRASHER mean?

Definitions for THRASHER
ˈθræʃ ərthrash·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. thresher, thrasher, threshing machinenoun

    a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw

  2. thrasher, mocking thrushnoun

    thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs

  3. thresher, thrasher, thresher shark, fox shark, Alopius vulpinusnoun

    large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed

Wiktionary

  1. thrashernoun

    One who thrashes.

  2. thrashernoun

    Any of several New World passerine songbirds, of the genus Toxostoma, that have a long, downward-curved beak

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Thrashernoun

    One who thrashes corn.

    Etymology: from thrash.

    Our soldiers, like a lazy thrasher with a flail,
    Fell gently down, as if they struck their friends. William Shakespeare.

    Not barely the plowman’s pains, the reaper’s and thresher’s toil, and the baker’s sweat, is to be counted into the bread we eat: the labour of those employed about the utensils must all be charged. John Locke.

  2. Threshernoun

    Here too the thresher brandishing his flail,
    Bespeaks a master. Dodsley.

Wikipedia

  1. Thrasher

    Thrashers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds. Like these, they are in the family Mimidae. There are 15 species in one large and 4 monotypic genera. These do not form a clade but are a phenetic assemblage. It is rather likely than not — though by no means robustly supported — that the sage thrasher is a basal lineage among a group also consisting of mockingbirds and Toxostoma thrashers. The Caribbean thrashers occupy varying positions in an assemblage consisting of them, the tremblers, and the New World catbirds. Here, the white-breasted thrasher appears to be quite basal though it is impossible to place it anywhere with certainty, whereas the pearly-eyed thrasher is probably quite close to the tremblers. (Hunt et al. 2001, Barber et al. 2004) Their common name describes the behaviour of these birds when searching for food on the ground: they use their long bills to "thrash" through dirt or dead leaves. All of these birds eat insects and several species also eat berries.

ChatGPT

  1. thrasher

    A thrasher is a type of bird belonging to the family Mimidae, native to North America, known for their loud, complex singing patterns. The term "thrasher" may also refer to a person or machine that separates grain from its husks or straw (more commonly spelled as "thresher"). In more informal contexts, it can refer to someone who skates or surfs aggressively.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Thrashernoun

    alt. of Thresher

Wikidata

  1. Thrasher

    Thrashers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds. Like these, they are in the Mimidae family. There are 15 species in one large and 4 monotypic genera. These do not form a clade but are a phenetic assemblage. It is rather likely than not — though by no means robustly supported — that the Sage Thrasher is a basal lineage among a group also consisting of mockingbirds and Toxostoma thrashers. The Caribbean thrashers occupy varying positions in an assemblage consisting of them, the tremblers, and the New World catbirds. Here, the White-breasted Thrasher appears to be quite basal though it is impossible to place it anywhere with certainty, whereas the Pearly-eyed Thrasher is probably quite close to the tremblers. Their common name describes the behaviour of these birds when searching for food on the ground: they use their long bills to "thrash" through dirt or dead leaves. All of these birds eat insects and several species also eat berries.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Thrasher

    thrash′ėr, n. an American throstle or thrush, the brown thrush or sandy mocking-bird.—Also Thresh′er.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. thrasher

    A species of shark with a long tail, Carcharias vulpes. Also applied to a kind of grampus, which was supposed to attack the whale by leaping out of the water and inflicting blows with its powerful tail.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. THRASHER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Thrasher is ranked #2807 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Thrasher surname appeared 12,836 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Thrasher.

    84.6% or 10,868 total occurrences were White.
    10% or 1,291 total occurrences were Black.
    2.1% or 272 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.8% or 231 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.9% or 116 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.4% or 59 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of THRASHER in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of THRASHER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of THRASHER in a Sentence

  1. Steven Thrasher:

    I think any time people are active members of an organization, we should be able to have critical voice in who's allowed to speak and who's not, if I were part of that organization, I would sign the letter Steven Thrasher.

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