crusher
/ˈkɹʌʃə/noun
crusher is spelled C-R-U-S-H-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crusher means “Someone or something that crushes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crusher is crushers.
How many letters and syllables are in crusher?
| Letters | 7: C-R-U-S-H-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is crusher?
Crusher appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce crusher?
- UK /ˈkɹʌʃə/
Crusher has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-crusher.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of crusher
- crushers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crusher mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone or something that crushes.
- 2
A machine designed to crush rocks.
- 3
datedslangA policeman.
- 4
obsoleteslangSomething overwhelming.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crusher in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone or something that crushes:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | esmagador |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does crusher come from?
From crush + -er (agent noun suffix), or, for one who elicits a crush, + -er (patient suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).