Godzilla
nounUK /ɡɒdˈzɪlə/ · US /ɡɑdˈzɪlə/
Etymology From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) and 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).
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Figuratively Anything that is an extremely large or dramatic example of its type.
- a Godzilla of a tower building
- Aren't we supposed to be a big, terrifying country, a Godzilla of capitalism wrecking the globe?2009, P. J. O'Rourke, Peace Kills, Atlantic Books, →ISBN:
- Derived terms
- Godzillaesque, Godzilla-ish, Godzillalike, godzillion, -zilla