slasher

Thân thiện

A knight wields a slasher in a medieval duel.

Definition

Noun: 1. A weapon (such as a sword or dagger) used for slashing: A sharp-edged tool or weapon designed to cut with a sweeping, violent motion. 2. A person who slashes another person: An individual who attacks and cuts someone with a sharp weapon.

Usage and Examples

• As a weapon:
  • The museum displayed various historical slashers, including curved sabers and long knives.
  • He was armed with a crude slasher made from a broken piece of metal.
• As a person:
  • The police are searching for the slasher who attacked two people in the park last night.
  • Witnesses described the slasher as wearing a dark hoodie.

Advanced Usage

• In modern popular culture, "slasher" is most commonly associated with a subgenre of horror films featuring a violent killer, often using a bladed weapon. This is a specific, derived meaning from the core definitions.
  • "Friday the 13th" is a classic slasher film.
  • The slasher villain in the movie wore a mask.

Variants and Related Words

• Slash (verb): To cut with a violent sweeping stroke.
• Slashing (noun/adjective): The act of cutting violently, or describing something that is severe and cutting (e.g., ).

Synonyms

• For the weapon: cutter, blade, knife, dagger.
• For the person: attacker, assailant, cutter, knife-wielder.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Slasher film/movie: A genre of horror movie characterized by a killer who murders a sequence of victims, often with a bladed tool.
  • She loves watching old slasher movies from the 1980s.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a weapon (a sword or dagger) used for slashing
2. someone who slashes another person