wrecker
English
/ˈɹɛkɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts. (Australia)
- One who break breaks up situations, events.
- A tow truck.
- A mooncusser.
- In the Soviet Union, someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking, that is, undermining the state in intangible ways.
Etymology
Suffix from English wreck.
Origin
English
wreck
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- awreck English
- bewreck English
- home English
- home wrecker English
- ship English
- shipwrecker English
- unwreck English
- wreck English
- wreckable English
- wreckage English
- wreckest English
- wrecketh English
- wreckfish English
- wreckful English
- wreckish English
- wreckless English
- wreckmaster English
- wrecksite English
- wrecksome English
- wrecky English
- wrek Middle English