Associations to the word «Finisher»

Wiktionary

FINISHER, noun. A person who finishes or completes something.
FINISHER, noun. A construction machine used to smooth a newly constructed road surface.
FINISHER, noun. (video games) (informal) A finishing move.
FINISHER, noun. (soccer) A player who shoots goals.

Dictionary definition

FINISHER, noun. (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game.
FINISHER, noun. A racing driver who finishes a race.
FINISHER, noun. A painter who applies a finishing coat.
FINISHER, noun. A worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process.
FINISHER, noun. A race car that finishes a race.
FINISHER, noun. An animal that wins in a contest of speed.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope