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gorilla suits

gorilla suits is the plural of gorilla suit.

Meaning of gorilla suit

Noun

gorilla suit (plural gorilla suits)

  1. (figuratively, informal) A tough, hypermasculine demeanor that keeps other people at a distance.
    • As I mentioned here with the case of Richard Garwood, so many people come to us wearing a gorilla suit. They are all tough guys and wearing a role.1973, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on the Handicapped, Education for All Handicapped Children, 1973-74, page 72
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A gorilla costume.
    • All of the components of the gorilla suit are adapted to each other, are mutually complementary and form a gorilla costume that would not normally be sold separately in parts.1989, Commodity Classifications Under the Harmonized System, page 43

Questions about gorilla suits

What is gorilla suits the plural of?
Gorilla suits is the plural of gorilla suit.

Words near gorilla suits in the dictionary

  1. gorilla pimps
  2. gorilla press
  3. gorilla salad
  4. Gorilla Sign Language
  5. gorilla suit
  6. gorilla suits
  7. gorilla-like
  8. Gorillae
  9. gorillaesque
  10. gorillagram
  11. gorillagrams

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