Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which finishes, completes, or perfects.
  • noun Specifically— In bookbinding, a workman who takes the incomplete book as left by the forwarder and finishes the work with gilding and decoration by various methods.
  • noun In stereotyping and electrotyping, a workman who perfects the face of plates by cutting out superfluous metal, rectifying faults, and correcting errors, for which purpose he cuts out the letters or words to be changed and solders in separate types or cast pieces.
  • noun In paper-making, the second rag-pulping machine or half-stuff engine.
  • noun In the manufacture of fabrics, the final carder, or the one that delivers the sliver. See carding-machine.
  • noun In pianoforte-making, the workman who puts the action together and fastens it into the case.
  • noun One who or that which puts an end to something; in colloquial use, that which settles or puts the finishing touch to something.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection.
  • noun colloq. Something that gives the finishing touch to, or settles, anything.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person who finishes or completes something
  • noun A construction machine used to smooth a newly constructed road surface
  • noun video games, informal A finishing move.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

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Examples

  • 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'.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • 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.

    The "D" Spot 2009

  • The second-place finisher is also great, in a different way.

    sotu summarized 2005

  • The ninth-place finisher in other words, the first person to lose Saturday nets a cool $1.25 million.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Matt Villano 2009

  • 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.

    A Bookful of Girls Anna Fuller 1884

  • The Flash’s finisher is so lame … super jackhammer in mid-air?

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Some great new fatalities and brutalities in the new MK vs DC 2008

  • 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.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • 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.

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2010

  • 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.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • The Rockets think his most valuable attribute as a finisher might be his footwork.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

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