critter

«critter» in Mova's school dictionary: any creature or animal, especially a small one — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a critter, critters)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, mainly US) A critter is any creature or animal, especially a small one. tree →

2) (informal) A critter can be a person, said in a joking or fond way. tree →

sense in the lessons

A friendly American word heard in cartoons, westerns and from farmers: «Some critter's been in the bins». In Canada and the US people speak of woodland critters like raccoons and skunks. It comes from «creature».

examples

• Some critter dug up the vegetable patch. tree →
• The woods are full of little critters. tree →
• Squirrels and chipmunks are cute critters. tree →
• «You poor critter,» said the farmer to the lamb. tree →
• We found a slimy critter under the rock. tree →
• The kids collected critters in jars and let them go. tree →

note

Informal; in school writing use «creature» or «animal». Plural: critters.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «critter» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.