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gator

nounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈɡeɪ.tə(ɹ)//

Alligator.

noun

  1. 1

    Alligator.

  2. 2

    A portion of a tire, such as one seen on the side of a highway.

  3. 3

    A large bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

Etymology

Clipping of alligator.

Forms

plural
gators
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).