slasher

Meaning

1. One who slashes.
2. A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
3. (informal) A horror movie with graphic blood and violence; a slasher movie.
4. A murderer in such a film.
5. One who self-injures by cutting.
6. A tool for cutting undergrowth.
7. (slang) One who writes slash fiction and/or supports male/male ships.

Synonyms

ripper

chopper

cutter head

dresser

fighter

reducer

render

slitting

sword

billhook

sizing machine

sliverer

chaff cutter

single-gang edger

bully

stalk muller

Translations

entailleur

slasher

κόπτων

المُشرّح

σχίζων

Haumesser

Etymology

From slash + -er.