Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Australia, US, endearing, usually)A creature, and specifically, an animal or something animal-like.

    Kreatur, Tier

    зверюшкаzverjuška, зверушкаzveruška, зверёкzverjók

  2. (US)A small locomotive used in an industrial setting.

More definitions
  • a regional term for ‘creature’ (especially for domestic animals)

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Skunks are hungry critters.

    Скунси — голодні тварючки.

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  2. There is a critter lurking under this rock.

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  3. He overturned a log, and all kinds of critters scurried out from underneath.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a creature:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a creature:

Origin

First attested 1815, from a dialectal pronunciation of creature.

First attested 1815, from a dialectal pronunciation of creature.

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