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🧱 A flattener 🏸 A squash player
squasher

squasher

4.2
A person who plays the sport squash
  • noun
  • /ˈskwɑːʃər/
translation icon : jugador de squash
  • As a dedicated squasher, she spends hours each week training at the club.

Examples

  • The university's best squasher practiced daily to prepare for the national championships.

  • Every squasher must develop quick reflexes to succeed in competitive matches.

  • The squasher won the championship last year.

  • I met a talented squasher at the club.

  • The university's best squasher practiced daily to prepare for the national championships.

  • As a dedicated squasher, she spends hours each week training at the club.

  • Every squasher must develop quick reflexes to succeed in competitive matches.

Synonyms

ballplayer
vssquasher
  • US
54 3.0

A person who plays baseball, often as a professional

is specific to one court sport rather than ball sports in general
sporter
vssquasher
3.7

A person who plays or enjoys sports

is specific to one court sport, not a general sports participant

How Skilled

champion
600 2.4
professional
16 3.5
squasher
4.2
beginner
81 1.0

Surface Forms

squasher singular
squashers plural

Morphology

squasher = squash (transparent) = squash + er

This is a regular agent noun meaning 'a person who plays squash', formed transparently from the sport name plus '-er'.

Etymology

Squasher can also mean a person who plays the sport squash. The sport is named for the soft ball you can 'squash', so a squasher is simply a 'squash' player.