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Gargoyle - What does it mean?

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gargoyle

English

(wikipedia gargoyle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
  • * 1906 , , The Trampling of the Lilies? , page 110
    • From between set teeth came now a flow of oaths and imprecations as steady as the flow of water from the gargoyle overhead.
  • Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.
  • A fictional winged monster.
  • * 2005 , Mel Odom, The Secret Explodes? , page 200
    • Almost immediately one of the gargoyles' swept down from the sky and attacked him. The ' gargoyle' s momentum drove them both over the side.
  • (slang, pejorative) An ugly woman.

    • Synonyms

    * (any decorative carved grotesque figure) grotesque, hunky punk * (ugly woman) crone, hag

    Derived terms

    *gargoylish

    Not English

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