Definition of "weed-whacker" [weed-whacker]

• A hand tool for removing weeds (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Despite a goat getting loose one night, Ms. Holst, who has watched her husband "slip-and-slide down the hillside" with a weed-whacker and herbicide, declares the animals "well worth the expense.""
• "Soon, the people will be out, buzzing their grasses in unison, getting any strays or hard to reach clumps with the weed-whacker."
• "Neighbourhood feud ends in bloody weed-whacker attack - The Local: A 20-year feud between two neighbours in the German state of Hesse revved up this week, ending in bloodshed when one of the elderly men attacked the other with a weed whacker, police reported on Thursday."