Synonyms:
alligator
Meaning: leather made from alligator's hide
Synonyms:
alligator, gator
Meaning: either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
alligator
Meaning: crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes
Usage examples
"An alligator is after him!" yelled Ned.
They each squeaked the Alligator when they came to him, and left him feeling joyful and contented.
"Yes, and the gold-fish, and the little baby alligator that froze to death in its tank," added Keith.
Okochee felt that New York should not be allowed to consider itself the only alligator in the swamp, so to speak.
Cap'n Bill thought it must be a giant alligator, at first, it was so big; but he looked at them sleepily and did not seem at all dangerous.
In crossing a shallow part of the river, his black boy was snapped up by an alligator; but the Governor immediately dismounted, rescued the boy out of his mouth, and slew him.
The adventurers had found, not conquest and gold, but a dull exile in a petty fort by a hot and sickly river, with hard labor, bad fare, prospective famine, and nothing to break the weary sameness but some passing canoe or floating alligator.