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mobster
English
Etymology
mob +? -ster
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?b.st?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?b.st?/
- Rhymes: -?bst?(?)
Noun
mobster (plural mobsters)
- A member of a mob or Mafia.
Synonyms
- gangster
- Mafioso, mafioso
- wiseguy, wise guy
Translations
Anagrams
- bestorm
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lobster
English
Etymology
From Middle English lopster, from Old English loppestre (“lobster, spider-like creature”), believed to be a corruption of Latin locusta (“lobster, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre.
Alternatively, from Old English lobbe, loppe (“spider”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop +? -ster.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l?b.st?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?l?b.st?/
- Rhymes: -?bst?(?)
Adjective
lobster (comparative more lobster, superlative most lobster)
- red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
Noun
lobster (countable and uncountable, plural lobsters)
- A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
- 1991, Markus Grosskopf, "Shit and Lobster", Helloween, Pink Bubbles Go Ape.
- 1991, Markus Grosskopf, "Shit and Lobster", Helloween, Pink Bubbles Go Ape.
- A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
- (slang, historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
- (slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.
Synonyms
- (British soldier) lobsterback, redcoat
Hyponyms
- (crustacean in Palinuridae): cray, langouste, spiny lobster, rock lobster
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- crawfish
- crayfish
- mudbug
- prawn
- shrimp
- yabby
- lobster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
lobster (third-person singular simple present lobsters, present participle lobstering, simple past and past participle lobstered)
- To fish for lobsters.
Translations
Anagrams
- Bolster, Bortles, Strobel, Stroble, bolster, bolters, reblots, rebolts, trobles
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