(usually endearing, US, Australia) A creature, an animal.
critter
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for critter.
Editorial note
Those are not feet: the critter is a space snake that fell on Giza.
Quick take
(usually endearing, US, Australia) A creature, an animal.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of critter gathered in one view.
(rail transport, US) A small locomotive used in an industrial setting.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for critter.
noun
(usually endearing, US, Australia) A creature, an animal.
noun
(rail transport, US) A small locomotive used in an industrial setting.
Example sentences
Those are not feet: the critter is a space snake that fell on Giza.
Otherwise, everyone who wants to talk to a congress-critter would have to trek all the way over there.
For example, drop the critter down on a deserted island where their only way off is building a boat.
If you are in a gerrymandered district, join the party that controls that district, and primary the congress critter out.
The human genome is a successful critter because it selects for intelligence and ingenuity.
Call your congress critter, form a PAC, and elected one of your own.
They tell you it's just bad luck, there really are some good people in government, try contacting your your congress critter, try getting into public office.
Eh, more of a hybrid cyborg type of critter.
Why does the logo critter have trapezoid feet?
Some congress-critter goes on a submarine ride and accidentally spills the depth of the dive, which up to that point had been a state secret for 30 years.
But Laughing Critter will get shut down.
I don't know who I offended by providing an unbiased, informative comment that could've saved some marketing critter a headache down the road, but whatever.
Quote examples
TFA: " Today's tiniest sea critter is less than 10 times smaller than its Cambrian counterpart, measured in terms of volume; both are minuscule crustaceans.
His "I will not spend any money for erradicating those zebra critter mussels in Spain in 2001 (when we could have done this) because the economy..." is currently a mortage of >40 millions of euro/each year for the next generation of europeans.
Proper noun examples
They ban names like Laughing Critter, despite being real names, because they incorrectly believe that they are fake names.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use critter in a sentence?
Those are not feet: the critter is a space snake that fell on Giza.
What does critter mean?
(usually endearing, US, Australia) A creature, an animal.
What part of speech is critter?
critter is commonly used as noun.