gorilla

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/

Noun

gorilla (plural gorillas)

1. The largest of the apes, native to the forests of central Africa, and known for their trait of knuckle-walking
2. A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian.
3. (informal) A powerful person or organization; a heavyweight or behemoth.
   • 1977, Computerworld (volume 11, number 19, page 58)

     The two industry gorillas — IBM and AT&T — will get together to decide who will provide different communications services, Biddle stated.

Translations

• French: gorille
• German: Gorilla
• Italian: gorilla
• Portuguese: gorila
• Russian: гори́лла
• Spanish: gorila

Translations

• Russian: банди́т

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