weed-whacker
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- noun
- /ˈwiːdˌwækər/
- US
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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.
- When it comes to your lawn equipment, whether it's your lawn mower, leaf blower, weed whacker, chainsaw, doesn't matter.
- They'll help you tame that Bush without hiring people that have knives and weed whackers.
Examples
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The sound of the weed-whacker echoed throughout the neighborhood as she tidied up her yard.
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To clear the overgrown garden, he used a weed-whacker to trim the grass near the fence.
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Hey, does anyone have a weed whacker?
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Got it caught in a weed whacker.
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Somebody should get in there with a weed whacker, clean that mess up.
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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?
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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.
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You know, Flo, have you seen the new weed whackers we've got out front?
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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.