lasher
1 of 2noun (1)
lash·er ˈla-shər 
plural lashers
: a person or thing that lashes or lashes out at someone or something
a whip lasher
Expiring Tropical Storm Josephine spit up to 3 inches of windswept rain on parts of New England last night … "It was a quick-moving lasher with intense rain, but the worst is over and we may get some sun" today, said National Weather Service meteorologist Walter Drag.
Joe Heaney and Jason B. Johnson
Joe Heaney and Jason B. Johnson"He's just venting … this is a guy who last night was lashing out at two Republican Senators … He's a lasher. That's what he does." Jeffrey Pollock
Jeffrey Pollocklasher
2 of 2noun (2)
plural lashers
: something used to lash things together
Ernest Leleu, a crew foreman with CableWorks Inc. … uses a wire lasher as he moves a 'storage loop' to connect an apartment complex to a feed for Internet, phone and cable television service. The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
Word History
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1611, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1669, in the meaning defined above
- enflames
- enflaming
- enflesh
- enfleurage
- enfleurages
- enfluranes
- enfold
- enfolded
- enfolder
- enfolders
- enfolding
- enfoldment
- enfoldments
- enfolds
- enforce
- enforce the law
- enforceabilities
- have-nots
- have/get a corner on
- have/get one's (own) way
- have/get one's head (screwed) on right/straight
- have/get one's nose/snout in the trough
- have/get the goods on
- have/get the last laugh
- have/hold the lead