Associations to the word «Wrecker»

Wiktionary

WRECKER, noun. A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts. (Australia)
WRECKER, noun. One who breaks up situations, events.
WRECKER, noun. A tow truck.
WRECKER, noun. A mooncusser.
WRECKER, noun. In the Soviet Union, someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking, that is, undermining the state in intangible ways.

Dictionary definition

WRECKER, noun. Someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job.
WRECKER, noun. Someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks.
WRECKER, noun. A truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats