see also: Scorpion
Pronunciation Noun
scorpion (plural scorpions)
- Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.
- The peasants put two scorpions in a large bottle, and then take wagers as to which will win the struggle. Slowly the scorpions circle each other, until one lashes out at the other, and strikes him dead.
- (historical) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
- A very spiteful or vindictive person.
- A cheerleading move in which one foot is pulled back and held up with both hands while the performer stands on the other foot.
- (obsolete, biblical) A whip with points like a scorpion's tail.
- French: scorpion
- German: Skorpion
- Italian: scorpione
- Portuguese: escorpião, lacrau, alacrão
- Russian: скорпио́н
- Spanish: escorpión, alacrán
Scorpion
Noun
scorpion (plural scorpions)
- The constellation and zodiacal sign Scorpio.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- And now thir way to Earth they had descri'd, / To Paradise first tending, when behold / Satan in likeness of an Angel bright / Betwixt the Centaure and the Scorpion stearing / His Zenith, while the Sun in Aries rose […]
- 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 123:
- Smiling proudly, he glanced outward at the country, which was still invisible except as a dark movement in the darkness; then upwards at the sky, where the stars of the sprawling Scorpion had begun to pale.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- Someone with the Scorpio star sign
scorpion (not comparable)
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