Definition of "gator" []

• Informal An alligator. (noun)

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• "Standing near the water's edge or swimming in gator infested waters is what you have to watch out for."
• "The person survives the attack, and the gator is hunted down and "destroyed.""
• "A former Buffalo couple who operate a reptile sanctuary in Tampa removed the eight-foot-long gator from the Buffalo home yesterday."