Gorilla

Definition: Gorilla

Gorilla

Noun

1. Largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "gorilla" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1864. (references)

Etymology: Gorilla \Go*ril"la\, noun. [An African word; found in Greek translation of treatise in Punic by Hanno, Carthaginian.]. (references)

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Gorilla

Evil doer

Cannibal; anthropophagus, anthropophagist; bloodsucker, vampire, ogre, ghoul, gorilla, vulture; gyrfalcon, gerfalcon.

Crosswords: Gorilla

Dutch (gorilla), German (gorilla), Hungarian (gorilla), Italian (gorilla), Swedish (gorilla, muscleman).

It sounds like a gorilla eating a log cabin (Mission Hill; writing credit: Aaron Ehasz; Andrew Kreisberg)

I'm calling you ugly, I could push your face in some dough and make gorilla cookies (Sanford and Son; writing credit: Earl Barret; Ted Bergman)

At last, your family can be protected from the heartbreak of gorilla invasion (The Muppet Show; writing credit: Joseph A. Bailey; Jack Burns)

But then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you. (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

Il Gorilla quadrumano (1974)

Der Gorilla von Soho (1968)

Ples gorilla (1968)

Tarzans Kampf mit dem Gorilla (1968)

Sjors en Sjimmie en de Gorilla (1966)

Gorilla Walk (performing artist: Michael Mish)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Good Night, Gorilla (reference)

• Gorilla (reference)

• Koko-Love!: Conversations With a Signing Gorilla (reference)

• My Friend Gorilla (reference)

• Scooby-Doo and the Ghostly Gorilla (Scooby-Doo Mysteries, 20) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Gorilla (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Bride of the Gorilla (reference)

• Mountain Gorilla [IMAX] (reference)

• Koko, A Talking Gorilla (reference)

• National Geographic's Gorilla (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Gorilla (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Gorilla Gear Game System Bag (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Gorilla Glue 18GGK 18-Ounce Bottle with Free 2-ounce bottle & Cozy Cup $7.99 Value (reference)

• Gorilla Glue 8GGXXX 8-Ounce Bottle (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The gorilla of the sea. Credit: Library of Congress.

Gorilla. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "gorilla": big gorilla ♦ eastern lowland gorilla ♦ genus Gorilla ♦ gorilla arm ♦ Gorilla gorilla ♦ gorilla gorilla beringei ♦ gorilla gorilla gorilla ♦ gorilla gorilla grauri ♦ mountain gorilla ♦ western lowland gorilla. Additional references.

Beginning with "gorilla": gorilla-house, gorilla-like, gorilla-yarn.

Ending with "gorilla": chimpanzee-gorilla.

Albanian

gorillë, rrojë personale, person i fuqishëm brutal, bandit (bandit, brigand, gangster, gun, gunman, mosstrooper, outlaw, picaroon, reaver, reiver, rover, thief, thug). (various references)

Arabic 

‏غوريلا, ‏سفاح (atrocious, bloodthirsty, hoodlum, hooligan, killer, mug, slaughterer, thug), ‏شخص بشع. (various references)

Bulgarian 

телохранител (bodyguard), горила, главорез (butcher, cutthroat, ruffian, thug), наемен убиец (bravo, goon, hitman, torpedo). (various references)

Chinese 

大猩猩. (various references)

Czech

gorila. (various references)

Danish

boss (big gorilla, boss, stock, the big), big boss (big gorilla, the big). (various references)

Dutch

gorilla. (various references)

Esperanto

gorilo. (various references)

Farsi 

نسناس , گوریل , بزرگترین میمون شبیه انسان . (various references)

Finnish

pomo (big gun, boss, tycoon), pamppu (staff, truncheon, tycoon). (various references)

French

gorille. (various references)

German

gorilla. (various references)

Greek 

γορίλλασ, γορίλα, αφεντικό (boss), τραμπούκος (bouncer, henchman). (various references)

Hebrew 

מאבטח (guard, security man), �'וריל�". (various references)

Hungarian

gorilla. (various references)

Indonesian

gorila. (various references)

Italian

gorilla, capoccia (head), boss (big gorilla, big man, bingle, the big). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ゴラン高原 (Golan Heights, golf, golf bag, golf club, golf links, golf swing, golf wear, golf window, golfer, gorge). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ゴリラ . (various references)

Korean 

� 릴라. (various references)

Manx

gorilley. (various references)

Papiamen

gorila. (various references)

Pig Latin

orillagay.(various references)

Portuguese

gorila. (various references)

Romanian

gorilã. (various references)

Russian 

горилла, бандит (bandit, brigand, gunman, hijacker, killer, killer whale, mobster, mosstrooper, outlaw, ruffian). (various references)

Sepedi

korila. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

gorila. (various references)

Spanish

gorila (goon, heavy, hoodlum, tough). (various references)

Swedish

gorilla (muscleman), chef (boss, chief, commander, director, executive, governor, guv, guvnor, head, leader, manager). (various references)

Thai

กอริลลา. (various references)

Turkish

goril, koruma görevlisi (bodyguard, guard), fedai (bodyguard, bouncer, chucker-out, heavy). (various references)

Ukrainian

горила. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "gorilla": gorillas. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Gorilla" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dobrilla, Gamilla, Garallan, Garelli, gargiolli, garila, Garilao, garilla, gorale, goril, gorillia, Gorlay, Gorrell, gorrila, gorrilla, gozilla, Gromril, Grouillard, Guariglia, Gunilla, gurilla, morella, Noralla, Orfila, Orillac, Orillia, Rodilla, Sorella. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: gloria.

-2 letters: algor, argil, argol, glair, glial, goral, grail, grill, largo, logia, loral.

-3 letters: agio, aril, gall, gaol, gill, girl, giro, glia, goal, lair, lari, liar, lira, olla, oral, ragi, rail, rial, rill, roil, roll.

-4 letters: ago, ail, air, all, gal, gar, goa, gor, ill, lag, lar, log, oar, oil, ora, rag, ria, rig.

+1 letter: gorillas.

+2 letters: alligator, carolling, cigarillo, collaring.

+3 letters: allegories, allegorise, allegorist, allegorize, alligators, cigarillos, corralling, florilegia, glossarial, legislator, neuroglial, originally, patrolling, pollarding, prelogical, prodigally, regionally, trigonally, urological.

+4 letters: allegorical, allegorised, allegorises, allegorists, allegorized, allegorizer, allegorizes, allographic, bankrolling, bryological, caracolling, horological, jackrolling, legislators, malariology, nonallergic, organically, oscillogram, overcalling, reallotting, rheological, serological, virological.

+5 letters: aboriginally, allegorising, allegorizers, allegorizing, allografting, argillaceous, astrological, billboarding, carillonning, extralogical, forestalling, gladiatorial, hydrological, karyological, lognormality, metrological, necrological, neurological, obligatorily, oligarchical, oscillograms, oscillograph, outrivalling, petrological, preallotting, profligately, radiological, reallocating, steamrolling, tribological, tropological.