finisher
IPA: fˈɪnɪʃɝ
noun
- A person who finishes or completes something.
- A person who applies a finish to something, such as furniture.
- The person who applies the gilding and decoration in bookbinding.
- A construction machine used to smooth a newly constructed road surface.
- (boxing) The blow that ends a fight; the knock-out blow.
- (video games, informal) A finishing move.
- (sports) A player who scores points for their team.
- (rugby) A substitute player who plays at the end of the game.
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Examples of "finisher" in Sentences
- The second-place finisher is also great, in a different way.
- The Flash’s finisher is so lame … super jackhammer in mid-air?
- The Rockets think his most valuable attribute as a finisher might be his footwork.
- The ninth-place finisher in other words, the first person to lose Saturday nets a cool $1.25 million.
- In the opening round at the Bahrain Grand Prix Trulli was classified as a finisher but his car broke down at the dying minutes of the race.
- Matt Prior's first reaction is panic when he hears he is England's World Cup 'finisher' - but he will do nothing of the sort when the job needs to be done.
- Prior admitted he is ready for the challenge, and said: The minute anyone says the word 'finisher', you panic a little bit and think: 'That's a lot of responsibility'.
- The doctor had ordered Mrs. O'Trannon to Colorado, and Mike had dropped his work as "finisher" -- whatever that might be -- and had gone out to prepare the way for the others to follow.
- The four goals against Hull could be termed a finisher's haul, but that was mainly because United ended up dominating the game and most of the play was around the opposition penalty area in any case.
- Mayor Bing, who now has his papers to be Mayor In Full and not just a term finisher; I think Bing will be one of those mayors who may well be reviled and hated publicly by a fair number of vocal groups and individuals who despise the radical cuts he is implementing, among other things.
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