Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A living creature.
- noun A domestic animal, especially a cow, horse, or mule.
- noun A person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vulgar corruption of creature.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun U. S., western dialect Any animal.
- noun U. S., western dialect A domestic animal or a non-predatory wild animal; -- contrasted with
varmint , also dialectal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
creature
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I also believe that whether you call it Skookum, Bigfoot or Swamp Ape that critter is Smart and knows his habitat better than we know the insides of our vehicles.
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I also believe that whether you call it Skookum, Bigfoot or Swamp Ape that critter is Smart and knows his habitat better than we know the insides of our vehicles.
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Afte rabbit season is over all ny hunting buddy's and their family's and anybody else that wants to come get together at my shop and I cook what I call a critter stew.
wild meat stew 2009
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Of course I have a Savage combo gun in .22/.410 so I can choose a .22 on the ground or the .410 if the critter is in a tree.
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Almost always, when a critter is struck there and the bullet does its job, the beast goes down right away or within a few steps.
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Afte rabbit season is over all ny hunting buddy's and their family's and anybody else that wants to come get together at my shop and I cook what I call a critter stew.
wild meat stew 2009
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If a complex tribolite gets killed by a natural disaster, does that mean the critter is less fit?
The Weasel Thread 2009
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And if your critter is only doing a conference call? nt djemi
“Did you read the health care bill?” - with handy primer. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Almost always, when a critter is struck there and the bullet does its job, the beast goes down right away or within a few steps.
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Of course I have a Savage combo gun in .22/.410 so I can choose a .22 on the ground or the .410 if the critter is in a tree.
Telofy commented on the word critter
December 17, 2009