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monster
noun- something that is extremely and unusually large UK, 1759
- Like me, you may be astonished at its size -- it’s a monster almost 46ft long. — Sutton Guardian, 27 June 1998
- a formidable piece of equipment US, 1955
- Tim Cahalan carried the Monster, a PRC-77. This radio was similar to the 25 except it was also a kryptographer, automatically scrambling or descrambling voice transmissions. — John Del Vecchio, The 13 Valley, p. 193, 1982
- Resembling a prehistoric reptile, its two huge General Electric J79 engines bulging its sides, humpbacking its 58-foot fuselage, the “brute,” or “monster,” as the Phantom was sometimes called, was already the talk of the Navy. — Robert K. Wilcox, Scream of Eagles, p. 13, 1990
- It’s got four wheel drive, dual side airbags and monster sound system. — Clueless, 1995
- an immense wave, surfed by a special and small class of surfers US
- — Mitch McKissick, Surf Lingo, 1987
- You ride the monsters, you gotta know you’re ridin’ a line between life and death. — Break Point, 1991
- a string of multiple Claymore mines arranged to detonate sequentially US
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 143, 1991
- in poker, a great hand or large amount of money bet US
- — David M. Hayano, Poker Faces, p. 186, 1982
- any powerful drug; cocaine US, 1975
- — Richard A. Spears, The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drink, p. 344, 1986
- — Nick Constable, This is Cocaine, p. 181, 2002
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 280, 2003
- used as a term of endearment US
Teen slang. - — Look, p. 88, 10 August 1954
- an extremely unattractive woman who is seen as a sex object, especially one who is ravaged by age UK
- I’ll admit it. I like Monsters. I don’t mind saying so. You know exactly where the fuck you are with a Monster. — Kevin Sampson, Clubland, p. 65, 2002
- a sex offender, a convicted paedophile UK
Prison usage. - — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 23, 1996
- AIDS US
- The kitty, the monster, the scratch. The three young men from Brooklyn know the street slang for AIDS, and how to speak the same language. — Newsday, p. A5, 6 June 2006
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