Definition of WRECKER

wrecker

Meanings

Plural: wreckers

Noun

  • someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
  • someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
  • a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
  • A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts.
  • One who breaks up situations or events.
  • A tow truck.
  • A mooncusser (type of land-based pirate).
  • Someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking; that is, of undermining the state in intangible ways.

Origin / Etymology

From wreck + -er.

Synonyms

breaker, destroyer, diversionist, ruiner, saboteur, tow car, tow truck, vandal

Scrabble Score: 16

wrecker is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
wrecker is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wrecker is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

wrecker is a valid Words With Friends word