shaver
pronunciation
How to pronounce shaver in British English:
UK [ˈʃeɪvə(r)]
How to pronounce shaver in American English:
US [ˈʃeɪvər]
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- Noun:
- an adult male who shaves
- a young person of either sex
- a razor powered by an electric motor
Word Origin
- shaver (n.)
- "one who shaves," early 15c., agent noun from shave (v.); sense of "fellow, chap" is slang from 1590s. Meaning "shaving tool" is from 1550s. Mad shaver (1610s) was 17c. slang for "a swashbuckler, roisterer."
Example
- 1. It produced the xerox , the mass supermarket , the electric shaver , the chocolate chip cookie and more .
- 2. A shaver maid ? What 's that ?
- 3. Does the room have a shaver point ?
- 4. Haircut scissors , shaver , massor .
- 5. The hair on the right was cut by an electric shaver and , by contrast , is jagged and appears as if it was ripped from its root .