Green’s Dictionary of Slang
alligator, n. 1. a singer who opens their mouth wide. 2. a herring; a sardine. 3. a worthless, unpleasant person. 4. an old and/or slow horse. 5. a native of Florida . 6. any sexually aggressive male. 7.
an aggressive, tough person. 8. a chatterbox, a ‘big mouth’. 9. a person, usu. non-black, who listens to and appreciates jazz, but does not play; orig. dismissive . 10. a white jazz musician . 11. any person, irrespective of musical taste. 12. see gator n.2 (2)
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alligator (horse)
(n.)
a tough man, usu. used of a Kentucky frontiersman. under alligator, n.
alligator, adv. later.
alligator!, excl. see you later!
alligator bull
(n.)
nonsense, rubbish. under alligator, n.
alligator cigarette
(n.)
a marijuana cigarette. under alligator, n.
Alligatorland
(n.)
Queensland. under alligator, n.
alligator mouth
(n.)
a descriptive term for the mouth of a boaster, a braggart, someone with an inclination to boast or brag but insufficient courage to back up their words; such a person is usu. described in the extended phr. (he’s got) an alligator mouth and a hummingbird/canary ass ; note don’t let your (alligator) mouth overload your ass(hole) under mouth n. under alligator, n.
alligator bait
(n.)
1. a black person, usu. a child . 2. any inedible food, esp. liver . 3. a worthless, unpleasant person, of any race. 4. an easy victim. 5. a derog. term for a black native of Florida. under alligator, n.
alligator skin, n. see frogskin n.1 (1)
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