as in thug
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
the loan shark sent a couple of gorillas to "convince" him to pay up
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Recent Examples of gorilla
One post, for example, promises his ability to teach gorilla, orangutan, and gibbon skills—all of which have three levels—for interested participants.
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Ryleigh Nucilli, Outside Online, 27 Feb. 2025
After a confident and charming pilot, the show wastes no time in getting weird — from psychic gorillas to time travel to a walking nuclear weapon (Firestorm).
—EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
While both Rwanda and Uganda offer soul-stirring encounters with gorillas and chimps, Rwanda has earned the most attention—and tourism dollars—to date.
—Alexandra Owens, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2025
But Nintendo is the 800-pound gorilla in the room, and as interesting as all of the PC gaming hardware is, the Switch’s imminent successor will almost certainly be a very compelling upgrade.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ryleigh Nucilli, Outside Online, 27 Feb. 2025
After a confident and charming pilot, the show wastes no time in getting weird — from psychic gorillas to time travel to a walking nuclear weapon (Firestorm).
—EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
While both Rwanda and Uganda offer soul-stirring encounters with gorillas and chimps, Rwanda has earned the most attention—and tourism dollars—to date.
—Alexandra Owens, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2025
But Nintendo is the 800-pound gorilla in the room, and as interesting as all of the PC gaming hardware is, the Switch’s imminent successor will almost certainly be a very compelling upgrade.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gorilla
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Jesse, understandably, has become more defensive about antisemitism since he was brutally attacked by thugs who singled him out for being Jewish.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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The hundreds of attacks being made by Houthi, the sinister mobsters and thugs based in Yemen, who are hated by the Yemeni people, all emanate from, and are created by, IRAN.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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Tenoch Huerta Mejia Mejia debuted as the villain Namor in Wakanda Forever and was responsible for the death of Queen Romanda (Angela Bassett) in that film.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
26 Mar. 2025
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There are no villains or scary scenes in this gentle story about a young witch finding her way in the world.—
Anna Earl,
Parents,
26 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, the prince has his own group of seven bandits, in which people with dwarfism are represented.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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After the kiss in Snow White, the princess emerges from what was supposed to be her eternal slumber to enlist the seven dwarfs, as well as Jonathan and his fellow bandits to lead an uprising to take down the Evil Queen.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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An hour ago, the stocky British actor best known on these shores for playing tough guys and gangsters was on a morning talk show, after having chatted with Jimmy Fallon the previous evening.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2025
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Dealing with the fractious relationship between gangsters and former friends Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, the film strains for an epic quality that the filmmaking doesn’t support.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Mar. 2025
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This stony assassin may well be orbiting the sun at this very moment, careening down a celestial path that could, one day, intersect with ours.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Police cars arrived within minutes and the assassin was arrested.—
Rachel DeSantis,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Malik revealed that his goal was to practice law, specifically focusing on criminal law and personal injury and criminal.—
Francesca Gariano,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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In a recent spree of clemency for white collar criminals, President Trump has pardoned Utah entrepreneur Trevor Milton, who was convicted in 2022 of misleading investors in his hydrogen and electric truck company Nikola.—
Erin Alberty,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025
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Travelers can also visit the San Felipe Fort for a dose of pirate history, then unwind in the slow-moving current of the natural lazy river Los Rápidos.—
Meagan Drillinger,
AFAR Media,
28 Mar. 2025
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Elementary School Kids can step into the world of pirates at The North Carolina Maritime Museum, where artifacts from Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge ship live.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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And by the way, those wild, wild horses aren't actually under the hood.—
Joe Salas,
New Atlas,
29 Mar. 2025
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The Analyst agent operates alongside the Researcher within the Copilot ecosystem but with a different approach under the hood.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Gorilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gorilla. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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