lizard
- noun
- /ˈlɪzərd/
- Offensive
- "And certainly this lounge lizard will be no help to you."
- lounge lizard
- lizard man
- lizard guy
Examples
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'I'm a lecherous old lizard with love on my mind! '
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"You'll play golf when I take up needlepoint, you old lounge lizard."
Fiction book (1995) -
We caught this lounge lizard getting all handsy with the nuns.
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Every night, the lounge lizard sits at the bar, hoping to charm affluent women.
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He acted like a typical lizard, always waiting in the hotel lounge for someone to buy him drinks.
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The party was filled with lizards looking for wealthy women to support their lavish lifestyle.
Synonyms
A man who spends time in hotel bars trying to charm women for money
Antonyms
Compounds
A small spiny lizard with short horns on its head found in western North America
- Indian
A small tropical Asian forest lizard that glides between trees using skin flaps
- Specialized
A legless lizard that looks like a snake, has eyelids and ear openings, and can grow its tail again
- US
A small, quick lizard that climbs trees in the western United States and northern Mexico
- Specialized
A small spotted lizard with a dark spot on each side behind the front legs
- Specialized
A large lizard from western Mexico with shiny black and yellow bead-like scales and a venomous bite
A large South American lizard like a small crocodile that lives near water and crushes snails and mussels
- Specialized
A slender lizard without visible ear openings found in the western United States and Mexico
- Specialized
A small active lizard from eastern North America that often sits in the sun on fences or rocks
- Specialized
A lizard from Africa, Asia, or Australia with crest-like spines and bright colors
A slender lizard with short legs and a fold of skin on each side that lets the body expand
- US
A small animal with scaly skin and a long tail that sits on fences or rocks in the US
- Australian
A large Australian lizard that lives in trees, eats insects, and opens the skin around its neck to scare animals
- Specialized
A small desert lizard with long pointed scales on its toes that help it run on sand
A large lizard with many dark spots that lives in the western United States and northern Mexico
A large lizard from western Mexico that can give a dangerous bite and has small round scales like beads
A very large lizard that lives on some Indonesian islands, for example the Komodo dragon
A fast desert lizard with a long black-banded tail that lives in the United States and Mexico
- Specialized
A lizard like an iguana, often with a long tail and bright throat patch in males
A small ground lizard that lives in open sagebrush areas in the western United States
- Specialized
A small lizard with smooth shiny scales and short legs that often lives in moist places
- Specialized
A tropical reptile from the Americas with a long tail and large belly scales
A small spiky lizard with horns and a flat body from dry areas in the southwestern United States
- Specialized
A common scaly reptile in western North America that basks on rocks and logs
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the slang lizard is to think of the animal that sits in the sun, waits, and then suddenly darts. The slang refers to 'a man who waits in hotels or bars hoping a rich woman will support him', so the image of waiting-and-darting explains the meaning.