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critter

Syllables: crit·ter/ˈkɹɪtə/US/ˈkɹɪtɚ/

critter noun: a creature, and specifically, an animal or something animal-like.

Noun

critter (plural critters)

  1. (Australia, US, endearing, usually) A creature, and specifically, an animal or something animal-like.
    • The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32
  2. (US) A small locomotive used in an industrial setting.
    • One of the biggest challenges facing a railfan photographer is the correct identification of one manufacturer's "critter" locomotive from that of another competing builder.2025 March 7 (last accessed), R. Craig Rutherford, The Diesel Shop

critter meaning in Tamil and Urdu

critter in Tamil

பழக்கப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ள விலங்கு, பிராணி, விலங்கு

critter in Urdu

مخلوق, پالتو جانور

Examples of critter in a sentence

  • I almost caught the critter, but it got away from me.
  • We smoked the critters out of their hole.
  • I always thought that diaper suit thing was cute, especially as like a mom diaper critter.

All 32 example sentences with critter

Forms of critter

pluralcritters

Plural of critter: critters

Origin of critter

First attested 1815, from a dialectal pronunciation of creature.

Words formed from critter

Phrases with critter

Words that rhyme with critter

18 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about critter

What does critter mean?
Critter means a creature, and specifically, an animal or something animal-like.
What is critter in Tamil?
Critter in Tamil is பழக்கப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ள விலங்கு, பிராணி, விலங்கு. See Critter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is critter?
Critter is a noun.
How do you pronounce critter?
Critter is pronounced /ˈkɹɪtɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of critter?
The plural of critter is critters.

Words near critter in the dictionary

  1. Crittenden
  2. Crittenden County
  3. Crittendens
  4. Crittendon
  5. Crittendons
  6. critter
  7. crittercam
  8. crittercams
  9. critterproof
  10. critters
  11. critting

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: critter (page history and authors); critter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); critter (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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