Thresher Definition
thrĕshər
noun
One that threshes.
A thresher of grain.
American Heritage
A person who threshes.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
A thresher shark.
American Heritage
Any of a family (Alopiidae, order Lamniformes) of large sharks of temperate and tropical seas, having a very long upper tail lobe, which supposedly threshes the water and drives its prey together.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- threshing machine
- thrasher
- grain-shoveler
- engineer
- separator man
- bundle-hauler
- pitcher
- harvester
- harvest hand
- Alopius vulpinus
- fox shark
- thresher-shark
Other Word Forms of Thresher
Noun
Singular:
thresher
Plural:
threshersOrigin of Thresher
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thresh +"Ž -er. The shark's tail is thought to resemble the implement.
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