Definition of "lizard" in English

noun

1. Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or part of Mosasauria — typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, four limbs and a long tail, although some species are legless.

2. (chiefly in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.

3. (colloquial) An unctuous person.

4. (colloquial) A coward.

5. (rock paper scissors) A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.

6. (in compounds) A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous female.

   • lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard