reptile

noun

ˈrep-ˌtī(-ə)l How to pronounce reptile (audio)
Definition of reptilenext
as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others the actor plays a total reptile who's somehow still a hit with the ladies

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Recent Examples of reptile Chester Zoo and the University of Liverpool teamed up to try the pioneering treatment on the 15-foot python after a cancerous tumor on the reptile’s jaw reappeared following surgery to remove it. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026 But microscopic skeletal details also revealed a decent percentage of these reptiles didn’t only succumb to the food chain. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026 Georgina Bribiesca Chavez, 66, of Tijuana, Mexico, was arrested earlier this month on wildlife trafficking charges after allegedly participating in a yearslong reptile smuggling scheme. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Some of the reptiles can sell for around $630 each in Japan, according to reports. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reptile
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reptile
  1. dog
  2. jerk
  3. clown
  4. snake
  5. skunk
  6. toad
  7. beast
  8. joker
Noun
  • The local community has also rallied to help the family by delivering meals, caring for their kids and walking their dog.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Four months later, he was seen last weekend walking dogs, taking walks, enjoying a cup of coffee in a garage, and even stopping to sift through neighborhood trash items on the side of the street.
    — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of dog
Noun
  • The novel also takes an unsentimental look at Jamaica, a country that, let the Sandals ads tell it, is mostly pristine beaches, jerk chicken, and Bob Marley’s One Love on a perpetual loop.
    — Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The Ars OpenForum is a place for readers to ask questions, compare notes, argue (without being jerks to each other), and go down all sorts of rabbit holes.
    — Eric Bangeman, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of jerk
Noun
  • But my favorite Tim Curry performance will always be Pennywise, the clown in Tommy Lee Wallace’s 1990 miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s It, which, compared to Andy Muschietti’s mega popular pair of films, is modest, even a little lame.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Curry, who died Tuesday at 80, made a gleefully evil turn as a clown that sparked nightmares for legions of Gen X and millennial viewers that continue to haunt to this day.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of clown
Noun
  • Long lines snake toward bars selling the tournament’s speciality cocktail, and a David Chang stall cooks elevated chicken tenders.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Rather than killing the snakes found on its property, Cat Haven relocates them to areas farther from the cats, according to Anderson.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of snake
Noun
  • However, during this process, the skunk was able to bite the goats.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The baby goats were too young for vaccination and were bitten by a skunk that was found in their separate pen, the petting zoo said.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of skunk
Noun
  • Toad facilitators now regularly milk the toad’s glands and dry the extract so it can be smoked, generating potent trips that are said to collapse the ego.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026
  • To help in her grieving process from her father’s death, Watts and McCollough took bufo, an intense, ego-death psychedelic derived from the venom of the Sonoran Desert toad.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of toad
Noun
  • The Appalachian Trail is absolutely brutal The distance alone is obviously absurd, but mileage is only part of what makes the AT such a beast.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • An unlikely walk-off hero, a CGSO, all-around beast pitching, more lead changes than was probably comfortable … ugh, so good.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of beast
Noun
  • The jokers Toth and Jackson, bless them, keep things endearing and funny.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • At some point, all these jokers need to sit down and stop auditioning for attention long enough to actually do the jobs they were elected or appointed to do.
    — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of joker

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