gator n.2
1. an alligator skin shoe; thus in pl., a pair of such shoes.
![]() | ‘Old Zebra Dun’ in Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing (1995) 82: You could tell he was a feller not accustomed to the trail, / With his ’gators and his leggin’s and his fancy swaller tail. | |
![]() | Tragic Magic 29: I had six or seven pairs of gators. | |
![]() | 🎵 Accused for every crime known thru the equator / They knew I did it, for havin’ blood on my gators. | ‘Under the Influence’|
![]() | Night Gardener 89: The man’s phony gators, which had been flaking off. | |
![]() | Corruption Officer [ebk] cap. 11: He just buys mink coats and gator shoes. | |
![]() | ? (Pronounced Que) [ebook] I do the gators from time to time. |
2. (US campus, also alligator) a typical fraternity boy [the alligator emblem that is the trademark of Izod shirts, popular among fraternity wearers].
![]() | Campus Sl. Mar. 1: alligator – person who identifies with the fraternity/sorority way of life. | |
![]() | Sl. and Sociability 64: ‘A stereotypical fraternity member’ [...] was called a gator because of the alligator emblem on the once popular Izod shirts. |
SE colloq. in slang uses
In compounds
(US) a black person.
![]() | Blinky 265: Teasing and derogatory names for Negroes [...] ’gator bait [DARE]. | |
![]() | Double Whammy (1990) 277: ‘You’re gator bait, spook,’ the caller drawled. | |
![]() | World News Tonight 11 Jul. [ABC-TV] ‘There goes a coon!’ ‘Hey, gator bait!’ [HDAS]. |
(US black) having a long face and a large mouth.
![]() | Novels and Stories (1995) 1008: Gator-faced: long, black face with big mouth. | ‘Story in Harlem Sl.’ in|
![]() | Black Short Story Anthol. (1972) 269: Here, you ’gator mouthed egg-sucker. | ‘A Coupla Scalped Indians’ in King
1. a person who talks too much.
![]() | College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Gator mouth (noun) 1. Someone who talks too much. |
2. a fellatrix.
![]() | College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Gator mouth (noun) [...] 2. A girl who gives head. |