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dragon
[ drag-uhn ]
noun
- a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- Archaic. a huge serpent or snake.
- Bible. a large animal, possibly a large snake or crocodile.
- the dragon, Satan.
- a fierce, violent person.
- a very watchful and strict woman; duenna.
- Botany. any of several araceous plants, as Arisaema dracontium green dragon, or dragonroot, the flowers of which have a long, slender spadix and a green, shorter spathe.
- a short musket carried by a mounted infantryman in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- a soldier armed with such a musket. dragoon ( defs 1, 2, 3 ).
- Dragon, Astronomy. the constellation Draco.
dragon
/ ˈæɡə /
noun
- a mythical monster usually represented as breathing fire and having a scaly reptilian body, wings, claws, and a long tail
- informal.a fierce or intractable person, esp a woman
- any of various very large lizards, esp the Komodo dragon
- any of various North American aroid plants, esp the green dragon
- Christianity a manifestation of Satan or an attendant devil
- a yacht of the International Dragon Class, 8.88m long (29.2 feet), used in racing
- chase the dragon slang.to smoke opium or heroin
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԾ, adjective
- ˈDzԱ, noun:feminine
Other Word Forms
- ·Dz· adjective
- ·Dz· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of dragon1
Word History and Origins
Origin of dragon1
Idioms and Phrases
- chase the dragon, Slang. to inhale the vapor of heated heroin or another opiate drug.
Example Sentences
In the “Avatar” universe, it’s a type of mountain dragon.
It depicts St George slaying a dragon, which lies among broken fragments of US and Soviet missiles.
Creatures abound, such as a shape-shifting mimic disguised as a chest, and yes, of course there will be a dragon, here seen as a projection.
Stanton’s dragon aunt is up in arms that her nephew is engaged to Elinor when he’s already promised to one of her two daughters, whose names and identities she can’t even keep straight.
"If you're in an amazing world with castles and dragons, seeing a telephone pole removes you from that story".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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