slasher

noun/slæʃər/

Frequency rank: #14,122 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a type of horror movie featuring a killer who attacks victims with a sharp weapon; also, a person who slashes.

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Example sentence

My friends and I stayed up all night watching slasher films.

Synonyms & related words

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