wrecker

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English wreck

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsjos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English wrecker

From wreck + -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛkɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛkə(ɹ)

Noun

wrecker (plural wreckers)

1. (Australia) A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts.

   Near-synonyms: breaker, knacker; salvager, salvor; scrapper, scrap dealer; shipbreaker, car breaker

2. One who breaks up situations or events.

   home wrecker / marriage wrecker / party wrecker

3. A tow truck.
4. A mooncusser (type of land-based pirate).
5. (Soviet Union, crime, historical) Someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking; that is, of undermining the state in intangible ways.

Synonyms

• (one who wrecks): breaker, destroyer, ruiner, vandal

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “one who wrecks”): builder, constructor, maker, producer

Derived terms

• home wrecker
• nation wrecker

Related terms

• wrecking bar

Translations

person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts

• Catalan: desballestador m, desballestadora f
• Greek: αφανιστής (el) (afanistís), αφανίστρια (afanístria)
• Italian: sfasciacarrozze (it) m
• Japanese: 解体屋 (かいたいや, kaitaiya)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

one who breaks up situations, events

• Arabic: مُخَرِّب m (muḵarrib)
• Italian: demolitore (it) m, demolitrice f, disgregatore (it) m, disgregatrice f, sfasciafamiglie m or f
• Japanese: 破壊者 (ja) (はかいしゃ, hakaisha)
• Korean: 방해꾼 (banghaekkun), 파괴자(破壞者) (pagoeja)
• Persian: مخرب (fa) (moxarreb), خرابکار (fa) (xarâbkâr)
• Russian: вреди́тель (ru) m (vredítelʹ), вреди́тельница (ru) f (vredítelʹnica)

tow truck — see tow truck

mooncusser

(Soviet Union, crime, historical) someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking

• Belarusian: шко́днік m (škódnik), шко́дніца f (škódnica)
• Russian: вреди́тель (ru) m (vredítelʹ), вреди́тельница (ru) f (vredítelʹnica)
• Ukrainian: шкідни́к m (škidnýk), шкідни́ця f (škidnýcja)