noun
- a horror movie featuring a killer who murders victims with a knife or similar weapon
- a person or thing that slashes or cuts
- a tool or machine used for cutting or slashing
Usage: film genre
Examples
- The new slasher movie broke box office records on opening weekend.
- Classic slashers like Halloween helped define the horror genre.
- The budget slasher was criticized for its poor special effects.
- Workers used a brush slasher to clear the overgrown vegetation.
- The tire slasher damaged several cars in the parking lot.
- Forest crews employed mechanical slashers to thin the dense undergrowth.