go·ril·la
[guh-ril-uh] noun
1.
the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorialAfrica and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g.graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.
2.
an ugly, brutish person.
3.
Slang. a hoodlum or thug, especially one who threatens or inflicts violence.
Origin:
1790–1800; < Neo-Latin < Greek Goríllās (accusative plural) name for a race of hairy women in Hanno'saccount of his voyage along the coast of Africa (5th century b.c.)
1790–1800; < Neo-Latin < Greek Goríllās (accusative plural) name for a race of hairy women in Hanno'saccount of his voyage along the coast of Africa (5th century b.c.)
Related forms
go·ril·la·like, adjective
go·ril·loid, adjective
...ARE WE ALL THAT THEY'VE CHOSEN?...
...ALL which WE accept, WE ARE...
...the shItzdUm is NOT broken...
...malIgn this toxIc REsUlt...
...DISorder does NOT balance...
...Guerilla OR Gorilla...
...which one can U claim to be?...
....things U do come back to U...
...WHO play monkey see with U?...
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guer·ril·la
[guh-ril-uh] Show IPA
noun
1.
a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surpriseraids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.
adjective
2.
pertaining to such fighters or their technique of warfare: guerrilla strongholds; guerrilla tactics.
Also, guerilla.
Origin:
1800–10; < Spanish, diminutive of guerra war (< Germanic; cf. war1 ); orig. in reference to the Spanishresistance against Napoleon; the name for the struggle erroneously taken as a personal noun
1800–10; < Spanish, diminutive of guerra war (< Germanic; cf. war1 ); orig. in reference to the Spanishresistance against Napoleon; the name for the struggle erroneously taken as a personal noun
Related forms
guer·ril·la·ism, noun
an·ti·guer·ril·la, noun, adjective
coun·ter·guer·ril·la, adjective
