Crusher

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈkɹʌʃə/

Origin

From crush + -er.

Full definition of crusher

Noun

1. Someone or something that crushes.
2. A machine designed to crush rocks.
3. (slang) A policeman.
• 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 110:Back in the lobby he bought a copy of Time but didn't like the way the plain-clothes crushers looked at him, and left.