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weed-whacker

weed-whacker

4 3.0
A powered tool that cuts weeds and grass around edges
  • noun
  • /ˈwiːdˌwækər/
  • US
translation icon : desmalezadora
  • (WEED WHACKER WHIRRING)
  • get a weed-whacker

When it comes to your lawn equipment, whether it's your lawn mower, leaf blower, weed whacker, chainsaw, doesn't matter.

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Examples

  • The sound of the weed-whacker echoed throughout the neighborhood as she tidied up her yard.

  • To clear the overgrown garden, he used a weed-whacker to trim the grass near the fence.

  • Hey, does anyone have a weed whacker?

  • Got it caught in a weed whacker.

  • Somebody should get in there with a weed whacker, clean that mess up.

  • John collected his garbage bag and weed whacker and walked down the hill to the small parking lot.

    Blog text (12)
  • Secretary Downe, you send the Army over there with some great big weed whackers, all right?

  • You're gonna need somebody to go in there with a weed whacker.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • She needs a hatchet or a weed whacker, something.

  • You know, Flo, have you seen the new weed whackers we've got out front?

Synonyms

clipper
vsweed-whacker
40 2.8

A small tool with blades used to cut hair or nails

uses a rotating line to reach and trim around obstacles
whacker
vsweed-whacker
  • US
6 8.3

A tool you use to hit or cut plants such as grass

uses a powered rotating mechanism to trim around obstacles

How Powerful

weed-whacker
  • US
4 3.0
weed puller
1 3.2
hoe
16 1.0
weeder
3.0

Surface Forms

weed-whacker singular
weed-whackers plural

Morphology

weed-whacker = weed + whacker (transparent) = weed + whack + er

Clear compound of 'weed' + 'whacker' (the latter from 'whack' + '-er'), meaning a device that 'whacks' weeds and thus easily guessable by learners.

Etymology

The word weed-whacker comes from joining weed and whack, where whack means 'to hit'. So a weed-whacker is a tool that hits or cuts away weeds, which makes the name easy to remember.