blastie

noun

Definition of blastienext
Scottish
as in animal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blastie
  1. animal
  2. beastie
  3. creature
  4. varmint
  5. vermin
  6. brute
  7. quadruped
  8. critter
Noun
  • In deepest Siberia, where winds blow cold and poachers reduce wild animals to the brink of extinction, an unlikely tale of tiger romance is warming hearts and reinvigorating faith in species reintroduction.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The zoo also temporarily suspended visitors' activities of directly contacting the animals.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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
  • According to the museum, more than 150 fossils of these prehistoric creatures have been documented to date statewide, with around one-third of them coming from Orange County, where the latest bones were found.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The global phenomenon of 2016, Pokemon Go generated over $200 million in its first month and drove millions of players outdoors to hunt for virtual creatures which appeared on their mobile phone screens.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Asia, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of creature
Noun
  • Jett Rink was a really malevolent varmint, and kind of swarthy and dark.
    Jeff Conway, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • After arriving, having supper with Briggs and hunting all night, the hunters called the area clear of varmints.
    BUCKLEY T. FOSTER Special to the Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of varmint
Noun
  • 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
  • Trump has vowed to deport millions of undocumented migrants, calling many of them rapists, vermin and murderers.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of vermin
Noun
  • Others claim that the brute was named either for a popular near beer or for a Sunday comic strip about monkeys.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Nov. 2024
  • When searching for reprieve, there’s sanctuary in a movie musical that looks like a Broadway smash, a Colosseum full of vintage brutes, a Harry Styles simile.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 19 Nov. 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
  • Tantalizing clips—woolly mammoths kicking up clouds of snow, Pixar-esque animations of adorable fluffy critters—promised a stunning future, one in which anyone can whip up high-quality clips by typing simple text prompts into a computer program.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The dialog-free drama follows a big-eyed cat caught in an apocalyptic flood who teams up with a geographically diverse pack of critters to escape.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of critter
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