slasher

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun One who slashes.
2. noun A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
3. noun A horror movie with graphic blood and violence; a slasher movie.
4. noun A murderer in such a film.
5. noun One who self-injures by cutting.
6. noun A tool for cutting undergrowth.
7. noun One who writes slash fiction and/or supports male/male ships.

Similar words

slitter slayer splatterer slicer self-slayer sliverer butcherer flayer lacerater splayer

Often followed by

films film movies movie and genre is was flick

Word family

slashers