gator

noun

ga·​tor ˈgā-tər How to pronounce gator (audio)

Examples of gator in a Sentence

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Florida police deliver pizza after 8-foot gator spotted in customer’s driveway The Bradenton Police Department stepped in to help a pizza delivery driver by getting the order to a woman after an alligator was spotted in her driveway. Greg Wehner, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2025 As Tolson walks through the grass around the driveway with the resting gator, a woman walks out the front door a few feet from the gator. Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025 The nearby South Padre Island Birding Nature and Alligator Sanctuary has volunteered to step in and save the gator, KRGV reported, but the metal grate covering the storm drain is welded in place and the rescuers would need permission to take it off. Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2025 The officer had contacted the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission about the gator, but the pizza delivery worker arrived at the Bradenton home — located about an hour's drive south of Tampa — before the trappers arrived on Sunday. Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gator

Word History

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gator was in 1844

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“Gator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gator. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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gator

noun
ga·​tor ˈgāt-ər How to pronounce gator (audio)
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