Dragon

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.

   “Medea for the loue of Iaſon, taught him how to tame the fire breathing braſſ feeted Bulls, and kill the mighty dragon that kept the golden fleece[.]”

2. isim In Eastern Asian mythologies, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.

   “These tapestries were magnificently figured with golden dragons; and as the serpentine bodies gleamed and shimmered in the increasing radiance, each dragon, I thought, intertwined its glittering coils more closely with those of another.”

3. isim A very large snake; a python.
4. isim Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
5. isim A Komodo dragon.
6. isim A sea dragon.
7. isim The constellation Draco.

   “My father compounded with my mother vnder the Dragons taile, and my nativity was vnder Vrsa Maior.”

8. isim A fierce and unpleasant woman.

   “She’s a bit of a dragon.”

9. isim An unattractive woman.
10. isim The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.

    “Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon.”

11. isim Something very formidable or dangerous.
12. isim A class of playing tiles consisting of three types: white dragons, green dragons, and red dragons.
13. isim A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.
14. isim A type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel with a flared muzzle, often hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt.

    “our dragoons were so denominated because they were armed with dragons, that is, with short muskets, which spouted fire like dragons, and had the head of a dragon wrought upon their muzzle”

15. isim A background process similar to a daemon.

    “Daemons and Dragons. The print spooler is an example of a DAEMON, a program that executes in the background and provides a service […] Strictly speaking, a dragon is a daemon that is not invoked explicitly but is always there, waiting in the background […]”

16. isim A variety of carrier pigeon.
17. isim Synonym of drag queen.

    “Yes. Butt shots. Everybody can't afford lipo and fat transfers. Especially dragons. So if they want to pay me top dollar to pump their ass up that's what I'm gonna do, and you've benefited from it.”

18. özel isim The fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
19. özel isim Synonym of Devil.