critter
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7.9
- noun
- /ˈkrɪtər/
- Informal
:
animalito
- Children love to observe the cute little critters at the petting zoo.
- a little critter
Wow, come on stubby little critters, Let's try for Mama.
- Wow, come on stubby little critters, Let's try for Mama.
- And so they think taking the trash out or saving a neighborhood critter qualifies as empathy.
- I would tend to think, oh, well, I'm such a cute little furry little critter.
- Any time that she walks along a path, she collects A critter or however many critters are on that path.
- So this led to decades of work on these furry critters, trying to find out what made them form these bonds.
- I you actually can because then coyotes will come and get those ants, frogs, lizards and other critters that prey on small insects near water.
- And like the forest floor, that soil is full of critters like snails and earthworms and even moisture loving salamanders.
- Fresh water, beautiful trees and bushes, critters running around looking delicious as fuck.
- But when we can get back to that point of just adoring this marvelous critter in here, then life says, oh, they've she's got it, she's got it.
Examples
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They're old sea critters that we're friends with.
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Families on safari, crazy critters running all over the place.
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I need a country critter.
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It's that darn critter of yours.
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Once you figure that out, press the trigger just before the little critter takes off.
Academic text (2009) -
Jose: Must be tough for a critter that size without a tail!
Fiction book (1992) -
I'm not scared of cattle, but I could see this critter was upset.
Fiction book (1992) -
Got any of those critters over there?
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I could have sworn that the critters were laughing at me.
Fiction book (1999) -
Unlike tiny American ants, these critters grow to an inch long.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
4
6.2
A small animal often seen as cute or harmless
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How Informal
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Etymology
The word critter is a friendly, informal form of creature, which means 'a living thing' or 'an animal'. That's why critter is used for animals, often small or familiar ones, and sometimes as a gentle name for people.