What does slasher mean?

Definitions for slasher
ˈslæʃ ərslash·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. slashernoun

    someone who slashes another person

  2. slashernoun

    a weapon (a sword or dagger) used for slashing

Wiktionary

  1. slashernoun

    One who slashes.

  2. slashernoun

    A horror movie with graphic blood and violence.

  3. slashernoun

    A machine for applying size to warp yarns.

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  1. slasher

    A slasher is a type of horror film or other media, often characterized by graphic violence, where a serial killer or other type of villain uses a sharp object such as a knife or axe to kill their victims. The term can also be used to refer to the antagonist in these films. In another context, slasher can refer to an individual who vandalizes or destroys, particularly by slashing with a sharp object.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Slashernoun

    a machine for applying size to warp yarns

Wikidata

  1. Slasher

    A slasher film is a subgenre of horror film, and at times thriller, typically involving a mysterious psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence of victims usually in a graphically violent manner, often with a cutting tool such as a knife or axe. Although the term "slasher" may be used as a generic term for any horror movie involving graphic acts of murder, the slasher as a genre has its own set of characteristics which set it apart from related genres like the splatter film.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of slasher in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of slasher in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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