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Definition of slasher in English: slashernoun ˈslaʃəˈslæʃər informal 1Any of various tools for cutting wood. the three-man slasher cut the log into eight-foot lengths Example sentencesExamples - In turn this material is transformed into horticultural tools such as slashers, axes, jembes (local digging tools) and other tools and items such as chisels, bicycle carriers and kitchen utensils.
- The solution he and Bergeron came up with involved marrying CTL technology with that staple of the full-tree hardwood system - the slasher.
- Ubiquitous through the rest of Canada, full-tree systems with their skidders and slashers are more rare in Newfoundland than hot summer days.
- Watch a sawmill log deck struggle with its logs, and you can typically tell within minutes if the logs are coming from a CTL system or a gang slasher.
- It's still early in the learning curve, but this rugged head, tracked carrier and mix of CTL logging with full-tree slasher is helping to mechanize a central Quebec mixed wood operation.
- The contractor was struggling to do this with the existing full-tree gear, with the delimber doing a rough sort for the slasher operator, who continued the sorting job the best he could.
- The teenager learnt his trade in the rough rugged country of inland Taranaki, lugging theodolites, slashers and supplies, locating and cutting lines through dense undergrowth and heavy virgin bush.
- It stayed that way for a decade, using bunchers, skidders, delimbers and slashers to bring ready-to-saw material out of the bush.
- Simple to operate, the slasher typically works two shifts to pace the rest of the crew, and as much as possible loads direct to trailer.
- Up until the middle of last century farmers were limited to cutting the hedges back with a hand slasher.
- For many operations, especially full-tree systems with gang slashers, this can be tricky at the best of times.
2A horror film, especially one depicting a series of violent murders or assaults by an attacker armed with a knife or razor. Example sentencesExamples - That last reel, though, is sufficiently entertaining that the viewer who enjoys a good slasher film (if such there be) will be rewarded for his or her perseverance.
- There's nothing about him going home to the Midwest and watching slasher flicks with his friends and remembering how good the Midwest is.
- It was basically a slasher flick as heavy-handed allegory for my family.
- What is important for our purposes is the connection between the masked killer in the slasher film and the notion of the disappearing body.
- You have always been a big fan of the slasher flicks and comedies.
- The story would have had much more impact for me if it promoted itself as a simple slasher film and didn't try to authenticate itself with some true story claim.
- He has always had a reputation as the intellectual face of gore-mongering slasher flicks.
- Though she is 19, she does not want to be mistaken for a ‘teen actress’, a veteran of slasher flicks and little-league sex farces like so many of her contemporaries.
- Thai horror films tend to follow the structure of a slasher film.
- At the same time it's a slasher film, a brutal thriller, and deeply moving tragedy.
Synonyms assailant, assaulter, aggressor, striker 3US A sporting competitor who is quick and agile. he's more of a slasher and rebounder than a jump shooter Example sentencesExamples - Hill is a slasher who averages 5.7 free-throw attempts.
- He came to the school as a relentless slasher whose shooting range extended to 10 feet.
- I'm a shooter more than a slasher, but I can definitely get to the basket.
- The Broncos look for a certain type of tailback, one who is quick, is a slasher with some power, has good hands as a receiver, and is versatile.
- He's a perimeter player, a slasher, and that takes time to get used to in the league.
Rhymes Asher, clasher, flasher, lasher, masher, Natasha, pasha, rasher, Sasha, smasher, thrasher Definition of slasher in US English: slashernounˈslaSHərˈslæʃər informal 1A person or thing that slashes. Example sentencesExamples - His father yelled in despair as he watched her plummet into the darkness, her scream suddenly cut off as the slasher took her.
- Visible waves of a nauseating stench signal the approach of the titular roadside slasher in this American flick, a classic college-kids-on-a-weekend-getaway slaughterfest.
- It's used as an explanation by a lot of slashers.
- The company applied for the extension of the promotion for only two months despite calls from some sections of customers to extend the bill slasher to December 2005.
- Of course, Newt also increased spending for his own office budget, by $600,000, so he's not quite the budget slasher he claims to be, but let's look deeper into his ice bucket.
- He said this in a speech read on his behalf by Ndola mayor Zhino Latife during the Kafubu Water and Sewerage Company grand raffle draw for the bill slasher promotion at the weekend.
2A horror movie, especially one in which victims (typically women or teenagers) are slashed with knives and razors. Example sentencesExamples - This is not one of your standard teen slasher movies, although a look at the trailer might lead you to expect otherwise.
- In any case, this is one awful, stinky little slasher.
- It's also to their credit that the many, many death scenes are continually creative, rather than just repeating the same type of kill over and over, as happens in some slasher movies.
- A totally plausible plot that never veers into the ridiculous and a lack of comic relief make this Aussie slasher disturbingly scary.
- After its success, the floodgates opened and slasher movies came out of the woodwork from every direction possible.
- Eventually, he started introducing me to slashers.
- The movie was a success, and, predictably, a new influx of slasher / horror movies began.
- I think the studios have made other kinds of horror films over the last few years, but there have been countless teen slasher movies cranked out by the independent market.
- The inspired premise of this nasty slasher is that notorious child molester Freddy Krueger was burnt alive by concerned parents but still lives - and kills!
- Do you enjoy slasher movies, or do you think they're just garbage?
Synonyms assailant, assaulter, aggressor, striker |