Critter definition

krĭtər
critters
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A living creature.
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A person.
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(usually affectionate) A creature, an animal.
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A domestic animal, especially a cow, horse, or mule.
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Noun

Singular:
critter
Plural:
critters

Origin of critter

  • Alteration of creature

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • First attested 1815, from a dialectal pronunciation of creature.

    From Wiktionary

Critter Sentence Examples

  • You figure taking care of one more critter is no big deal?

  • The warriors made no move to corner the critter or even calm Kiera down.

  • She clung to one of the warriors, attempting to climb him as the cat-like critter-- convinced it was a game-- wagged its tail and chased her around the large man in the center of the room.

  • A slight shift in the angle of illumination reveals that this critter has some wonderfully metallic green coloration.

  • Hurley and Sawyer succeed in finding the critter guilty for making all the noise.

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