slasher

noun

slash·​er ˈsla-shər How to pronounce slasher (audio)
often attributive
: one that slashes
especially : a person who mutilates or kills with an edged blade
a slasher film

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The 23-year-old has always felt comfortable and confident as a straight-line slasher when he’s been put in situations to play off the wings. Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025 Change Halloween to the Fourth of July and a relentless maniac to a hungry shark, and Steven Spielberg's iconic blockbuster might as well be a seabound slasher. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025 The character work elevates this far above your usual slasher or whodunit, and has a lot to say about the threat of solitude always darkening the edges of old age. Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025 This may be unsurprising given the slasher’s… other habits, but with spooky season officially here, even ordinarily sensible people have a tendency to throw caution to the wind with a chainsaw in their hands. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slasher

Word History

First Known Use

1559, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of slasher was in 1559

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“Slasher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slasher. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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