lawnmower

noun

1. A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.

   “We replaced our old electric lawnmower with a new cordless one.”

   “It is only a small school, but this year the committee has expended £105 in reforming the garden, painting the fences, making a tennis court and lawn, purchasing a lawnmower etc.”

   “here was an ordinary man out of the city directory that subscribes for magazines and pushes the lawnmower in his shirt-sleeves of evenings.”

   “Silence reigned, broken only by the hideous screeching of vultures and the sound of a lawn-mower being used in the hospital grounds.”

2. A person who landscapes and in particular mows lawns.

   “We hired a third lawnmower for the spring and summer.”

3. A dance move in which the dancer mimics using a petrol lawn mower by pulling the starter cord and then pushing the mower forwards to the beat of the music.