Lizard
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlɪz.əːd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lizard is a noun meaning (colloquial) An unctuous person.
Meaning
(colloquial) An unctuous person.
More Meanings
- (colloquial) A coward.
- (in compounds) A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous female.
- Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or part of †Mosasauria—typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless.
- (rock paper scissors) A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- (chiefly in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
Example Sentences
lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard
When held in the hand, the lizard produces an amorous stimulus.
Hooded rattlesnakes, horned toads, and lizards crawl in the dust and among the rocks.
Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown
Word Forms
- lizards
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whiptail, gecko, iguana, anole, iguanid, bug.
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