gorilla adj.
1. (US) aggressive, menacing, thuggish.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Door of Dread 84: Yuh gimme a pain in the neck! Whaddayuh take me for, anyway? Yuh save that bull-con for the gorilla-guy who’s butlerin’ for this hang-out! | |
| Me – Gangster 129: ‘This,’ the big boss cracked when he saw me, ‘is your gorilla son, isn’t it?’. | |
| Men from the Boys (1967) 28: You look like your usual burly gorilla self. | |
| After Hours 36: This ain’t no, eh, gorilla job? | |
| Muscle for the Wing 91: I went back to the stickup dodge, gorilla work. | |
| ‘Wanksta’ 🎵 We in the club doing the same ol’ two step / Gorilla unit cause they say we bugged out / Cause we don’t go nowhere without toast we thugged out. | |
| ? (Pronounced Que) [ebook] Some tried that gorilla shit like they were real killers, when, in fact, most were flunkies for larger dudes. |
2. large, substantial; often of a drug addiction [note gorilla n.2 ].
| ‘Jones Comin Down’ 🎵 Two small treys – that’s enough to take my gorilla jones away. | |
| Ringolevio 466: A monster, gorilla habit like the one Emmett had on his back. | |
| Nature Girl 248: [...] considering the gorilla dosage of Vicodin that he’d consumed. |
In compounds
(US) a large handgun.
| Plainclothes Naked (2002) 45: He had a bigger gun, a real gorilla dick. |
1. (US black) a pimp who controls his prostitutes by threats and actual violence.
| Pimp 62: ‘Weeping’ was a cold ‘gorilla’ all right. | |
| Assault with a Deadly Weapon 102: A gorilla pimp just whup a broad all the time. | |
| Ebonics Primer at www.dolemite.com 🌐 gorilla pimp Definition: a brutal or cruel pimp Example: You beat your ho’s and you is a gorilla pimp. | |
 | opinion in United States v. Pipkins No. 02–14306 (11th Cir.) 2 Aug. 🌐 A ‘guerilla pimp’ (as other pimps and prostitutes considered Moore) primarily used violence and intimidation to control his prostitutes. |
2. attrib. use of sense 1.
| Black Players 228: So the amount of ‘sweet macking’ is balanced by a generous amount of ‘gorilla’ pimp tactics. |