weed whacker

NOUN

device for cutting weeds

Synonyms

WEAK

Weed Eater™ edger weed cutter

Example Sentences

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At the time, the Department of Homeland Security denied his shoulder had been dislocated and blasted Barranco on social media, accusing him of assaulting federal law enforcement with a weed whacker.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Other videos show Barranco running from agents with a weed whacker in hand.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2025

Mr. Sirois is now unable to hook up their pool vacuum or insert string in their weed whacker.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2023

I mean, doesn’t everyone who wanted an exercise bike or a weed whacker or a boat have it by now?

From Slate • Sep. 13, 2021

His bathrobe was spattered with ketchup, and he kept stumbling around in fuzzy pink bunny slippers, swinging his gas-powered weed whacker at the half-dozen harpies who were hovering over his picnic table.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan