blastie

noun

Definition of blastienext
Scottish
as in animal

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  1. animal
  2. beastie
  3. creature
  4. varmint
  5. vermin
  6. brute
  7. quadruped
  8. critter
Noun
  • There are far more other animals around than people.
    Marge Piercy, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Dogs are incredibly intuitive animals that can sense feelings and pick up on what is happening around them.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of animal
Noun
  • Hollywood gremlins are particularly interested in meddling with technological devices to cause serious accidents, and a voiceover at the end of the film ominously warns viewers that any unexplained problems with electrical devices in the home might be on account of a such a beastie lurking there.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
  • From hummingbirds and butterflies to spiders and even lowly beetles, all those wee beasties are part of an intricate web that makes up an ecosystem.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of beastie
Noun
  • Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet.
    Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
  • These aquatic, semiaquatic or terrestrial creatures are easily recognized thanks to their bony, cartilaginous shells and slow-pace movements.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of creature
Noun
  • At the time, wolves were still considered predatory varmints to be shot from airplanes, trapped and snared for $100 bounty and whatever hides would bring.
    Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Bugs, varmints and other critters cannot feed off it.
    Don Magruder, The Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2024
Definition of varmint
Noun
  • This could include, but is not limited to, major vermin contamination.
    Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Federal lawmakers slowed investing in public housing as people of color moved in, leaving homes with mold, vermin, and other health hazards.
    Tribune News Service, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of vermin
Noun
  • Maliki is a divisive brute whom Iran supports to the hilt.
    Dov Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2014
  • One million doctors to give care, 1.4 million brutes in cubicles doing their best to stop doctors from giving that care.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of brute
Noun
  • And since Aibo’s debut, the company has sold more than 170,000 of the cute little quadrupeds—a huge number considering their price of several thousand dollars each.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This paper contributes to quantifying the notion of robotic fitness by developing a set of necessary conditions that determine whether a small quadruped has the ability to open a class of doors or climb a class of stairs using only quasi-static maneuvers.
    Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2017
Definition of quadruped
Noun
  • That's according to a new analysis, described in the journal Science Advances, that looked at DNA from one of these secretive critters.
    Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 2 Jan. 2025
  • And no, it's not designed for dropping boars or any other critters.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of critter
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