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gorilla
noun- a criminal who relies on brute strength and force US, 1861
- People started saying that he was a gorilla, that he was going around shaking down people, shaking down numbers controllers and cats who were dealing drugs. — Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, p. 213, 1965
- She had been working six days a week for a month, turning more than half a dozen tricks a night, and had never once pulled a cop, a gorilla, or a freak. — Alix Shulman, On the Stroll, p. 144, 1981
- “Hey, dickhead,” she screamed. “Tell your bitch-ass gorilla to get off him.” — John Ridley, Love is a Racket, p. 225, 1998
- [E]verybody joined in, even the door gorillas. — Jake Arnott, He Kills Coppers, p. 21, 2001
- a prisoner who obtains what he wants by force US
- In the argot of the inmates, an individual who takes what he wants from others by force is known as a gorilla. — Gresham M. Sykes, The Society of Captives, p. 91, 1958
- in the entertainment industry, a technical member of a film crew US
- It is classic Hollywood protocol that the actors be quartered separatedly from the technicians (“apes” or “gorillas,” as they are affectionately called[.] — Terry Southern, Blue Movie, p. 66, 1970
- in the music industry, a very popular bestselling song US
- — Arnold Shaw, Dictionary of American Pop/Rock, p. 143, 1982
- one thousand dollars AUSTRALIA
Building on “monkey” ($500). - — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 34, 1989
- a beating US
- Some pimps regard a “gorilla” (beating) as the best way to demonstrate love, and there are prostitutes who share such views. — Charles Winick, The Lively Commerce, p. 118, 1971
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