A wrecker is a motor vehicle which is used to pull broken or damaged vehicles to a place where they can be repaired or broken up, for example after an accident.
[mainly US]
2. countable noun
Wreckers are people whose job involves destroying old, unwanted, or damaged buildings.
[mainly US]
3. See also wreck
wrecker in British English
(ˈrɛkə)
noun
1.
a person or thing that ruins or destroys
2. mainly US and Canadian
a person whose job is to demolish buildings or dismantle cars
3.
(formerly) a person who lures ships to destruction to plunder the wreckage
4. US and Canadian another word for tow truck
wrecker in American English
(rɛkər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that wrecks
2.
a person who causes ruin, obstruction, or disruption of any kind; specif., a person using false lights, etc. to lead ships to destruction in order to plunder the wreckage
3.
a person, car, train, boat, etc. that salvages or clears away wrecks; specif., a truck equipped to tow away wrecked or disabled automobiles
4.
a person or business that demolishes or dismantles old buildings, motor vehicles, etc., salvaging usable materials and parts
house wrecker, auto wrecker
Examples of 'wrecker' in a sentence
wrecker
The attache finally tracked your ship down in a small wrecker 's yard up near Bergen.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (1991)
Harry's jeep rammed the BMW from behind with a sound that would have done justice to a Detroit wrecker 's yard.
Dobbs, Michael WALL GAMES (1991)
A wrecker was hauling an old Chevy sedan away from the towaway fire zone, but Chee was looking for Highhawk's Ford Mustang.