lizard — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or mosasaur—typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless.

   Esempi

   The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings.

   The forms of the serpent and lizard exhibit almost every element of beauty and horror in strange combination; […]

   Altri esempi (3)

   Hooded rattlesnakes, horned toads, and lizards crawl in the dust and among the rocks.

   When held in the hand, the lizard produces an amorous stimulus.

   Pinned against my neighbours, I could feel small hands, fleeting as lizards, fluttering lightly through my pockets in search of money, mobile, wallet.

2. Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.

   Uso

   • attributive

   Esempi

   Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown

3. An unctuous person.

   Uso

   • colloquiale

4. A coward.

   Uso

   • colloquiale

5. 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.

6. A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous woman.

   Uso

   • nei composti

   Esempi

   lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard

Sostantivo

1. relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail

   Termini più generali

   saurian

2. a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him

   Sinonimi

   lounge lizard

   Termini più generali

   gigolo