Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An alligator.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun colloquial Short form of
alligator .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word gator.
Examples
-
Standing near the water's edge or swimming in gator infested waters is what you have to watch out for.
Obstacle Courses 2009
-
Standing near the water's edge or swimming in gator infested waters is what you have to watch out for.
Obstacle Courses 2009
-
A former Buffalo couple who operate a reptile sanctuary in Tampa removed the eight-foot-long gator from the Buffalo home yesterday.
Archive 2007-06-17 Bill Crider 2007
-
The 7-foot gator is expected to undergo a physical examination next week to make sure it is healthy, and to definitively determine the beast's gender, according to the zoo's reptile expert, Ian Recchio.
Archive 2007-05-20 Bill Crider 2007
-
This week searchers have been trying to find one such errant gator from the Chattahoochee River outside of Atlanta, Georgia.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
-
The person survives the attack, and the gator is hunted down and "destroyed."
Inhumane? tsomewhereime 2007
-
The city of Los Angeles recently hired him to attempt to remove a released pet gator from a public lake, and rumors abound that heâs taken a few âmeetingsâ with Hollywood since his celebrated visit made local and national news.
Boing Boing: December 25, 2005 - December 31, 2005 Archives 2005
-
But if that’s not enough variety, you may soon be able to take a gator from the Lone Star State, too.
Texas Gator Season: A new proposal would make alligators legal game on private lands Dave Hurteau 2006
-
“I was never afraid for a second,” he said of the gator, which is 20 times his size.
-
“I was never afraid for a second,” he said of the gator, which is 20 times his size.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.