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Definitions for Wrecker

[1] a person or thing that wrecks.
[2] a person, car, or train employed in removing wreckage, debris, etc., as from railroad tracks.
[3] Also called tow car, tow truck. a vehicle equipped with a mechanical apparatus for hoisting and pulling, used to tow wrecked, disabled, or stalled automobiles.
[4] Also called housewrecker. a person whose business it is to demolish and remove houses or other buildings, as in clearing sites for other use.
[5] a person or vessel employed in recovering salvage from wrecked or disabled vessels.
[6] a person who plunders wrecks, especially after exhibiting false signals in order to cause shipwrecks.
[7] a person or thing that ruins or destroys
[8] mainly US and Canadian a person whose job is to demolish buildings or dismantle cars
[9] (formerly) a person who lures ships to destruction to plunder the wreckage
[10] US and Canadian another word for tow truck

Words related to Wrecker

uneasy, stiff, tight, labored, tense, constrained, nervous, shaky, strained, edgy, anxious, apprehensive, agitated, jittery, restive, excited, stressful, afraid, restless, fidgety

Words nearby Wrecker

wreathed column, wreathy, wreck, wreckage, wrecked, wrecker, wrecker's ball, wreckfish, wreckful, wrecking, wrecking bar

Origin of Wrecker

First recorded in 1795–1805; wreck + -er1

Synonyms for Wrecker

constrained, labored, stiff, tense, tight, uneasy, choked, embarrassed, put, wired, wreck, artificial, at end of rope, awkward, difficult, false, farfetched, hard put, in a state, nervous wreck, self-conscious, strung out, taut, uncomfortable, unglued, unnatural, unrelaxed, uptight