Meaning

1 senses

  1. (slang)One's head.

More definitions
  • a fictional Englishman who travels to the imaginary land of Lilliput in a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Gulliver traveled in quest of adventure.

    ruГулливер странствовал в поисках приключений. — odexed

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  2. Gulliver made his journey in search of an adventure.

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  3. Their dog Gulliver, a boxer, added to the general pandemonium by barking emphatically, and also, of course, jumping.

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Origin

From Russian голова́ (golová, “head; mind, brains”). Probably initially popularized by the

From Russian голова́ (golová, “head; mind, brains”). Probably initially popularized by the Russian-influenced argot spoken by characters in the 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. Spelling influenced by Gulliver.

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Forms

plural: gullivers
Singulargulliver
Pluralgullivers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a fictional Englishman who travels to the imaginary land of Lilliput in a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift:Lemuel Gulliver

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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