lizard

A noun referring to a type of reptile with a long body, four legs, and a tapering tail; also used as slang for a man who idles in hotels and bars seeking financial support from women.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das eine Reptilienart mit langem Körper, vier Beinen und spitz zulaufendem Schwanz bezeichnet; umgangssprachlich auch für einen Mann, der sich in Hotels und Bars herumtreibt und Frauen finanziell ausnutzt.

1. Small reptile A2 formal

   A reptile with a long body, four short legs, and a long tail, commonly found in warm regions.

   • The lizard darted under a rock when it saw me.
   • A bright green lizard was basking in the sun on the wall.
   • Lizards can shed and regrow their tails as a defense mechanism.
   • Many species of lizard make popular pets.

   🇩🇪Eidechse

   Synonyme: lacertiliansaurian

2. Lounge lizard C1 slang

   A man who idles in hotels or bars seeking women to support him financially; a social parasite.

   • The film's villain was a slick lounge lizard who preyed on wealthy tourists.
   • She recognized him as the same lizard who had been hanging around the bar all week.
   • These lounge lizards are often charming but have no real ambitions.

   🇩🇪Lounge-Lizard

   Synonyme: fortune huntergigoloparasitesponger

• lizards plural form
• lizards' possessive plural form
• lizard's possessive singular form