Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several edible marine decapod crustaceans of the family Nephropidae, especially of the genus Homarus, having stalked eyes, long antennae, a pair of large pincers, and a cylindrical body.
- noun Any of several similar crustaceans, such as a spiny lobster.
- noun The flesh of a lobster used as food.
- intransitive verb To catch or try to catch lobsters.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dull fellow, who is easily imposed upon; an irritating blockhead; a foolish bore; a chump: a vague term for contempt.
- noun In cricket, a bowler of lobs or underhand balls. See
lob , 8. - noun A marine, stalk-eyed, long-tailed, ten-footed crustacean of the subclass Podophthalma or Thoracostraca, order Decapoda, suborder Macrura, family Homaridæ, and genus Homarus, such as H. vulgaris of Europe or H. americanus of the Atlantic coast of North America.
- noun One of several other crustaceans resembling the above.
- noun The common sole, Solea vulgaris.
- noun A stoat.
- noun A British soldier: probably so called originally in allusion to his cuirass, but the name is now generally supposed to refer to his red coat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (
Homarus Americanus ), and the European lobster (Homarus vulgaris ). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus ) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes calledlobsters . - noun Slang As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable person.
- noun (Zoöl.) the caterpillar of a European bombycid moth (
Stauropus fagi ); -- so called from its form. - noun (Zoöl.) a copepod crustacean (
Nicothoë astaci ) parasitic on the gills of the European lobster.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
red -colored, especially from asunburn . - noun A
crustacean of the Nephropidae family, normally red in colour, withclaws , which is used as an expensiveseafood . - noun historical A soldier or officer of the
imperial British Army (due to their red orscarlet uniform ). - noun slang An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.
- verb To fish for lobsters.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun flesh of a lobster
- noun any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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“lobsters” and its semantic value are more intimately related than ˜lobster™ and its semantic value, i.e., the relationship between “lobster” and ˜lobster™ is closer than that which obtains between ˜lobsters 'and lobsters.
Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009
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The "lady" of a lobster is a curious-shaped substance in the head of that fish, bearing some distant resemblance to the figure of a woman.
Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54) 1888
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Interestingly, although neither of its probable hosts are worth eating, the paratisized "lobster" is delicious.
Mex Mushrooms? 2006
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The old Baja standard, Puerto Nuevo lobster, is given a new lease on life with a version that is steamed and broiled instead of fried in lard.
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Meanwhile, at fancy parties, which are clearly on an upswing, lobster is once again being freely served.
At Fancy Parties, Bling Is on the Upswing Marshall Heyman 2010
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Given a choice, I prefer a touch of mayo with a wee bit of finely chopped celery (nearly all of the lobster rolls I have enjoyed in Maine are made like this), but I rarely complain about ANY style so long as the lobster is NOT over-cooked and rubbery, and is chopped into small CHUNKS – not shredded!
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Each lobster is shown to the diner who ordered it, while it's still alive, claws twitching, and only then dispatched to order.
Best UK Restaurant 2010: The Kitchin, Edinburgh Jay Rayner 2010
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The old Baja standard, Puerto Nuevo lobster, is given a new lease on life with a version that is steamed and broiled instead of fried in lard.
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To push back on some urban legends, seafood vendors do not generally order lobster from the Gulf Coast; there is no Gulf Coast walrus crossing; and Gulf Coast seafood is now being tested for safety more than any other source in the country.
Karen Dalton-Beninato: No Gulf Seafood? Sign at Taste of Chicago in Bad Taste Karen Dalton-Beninato 2010
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Oh, and they serve local lobster from the Magdalen Islands.
Müvbox Fast Food Shipping Container Restaurant | Inhabitat 2009
whichbe commented on the word lobster
One who is apt to lob.
December 11, 2008
bilby commented on the word lobster
"The world is my lobster."
- Irish soccer international Keith O'Neill trying to look on the bright side (I think) after injury cut short his career.
February 16, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word lobster
"What made it worse, being English, they did not want to eat unfamiliar food.... The waters were so rich in lobsters that they were literally crawling out of the sea and piling up inhospitably on the beaches. But the Pilgrims, and most people until this century, did not want to eat these huge, clacking, speckled sea monsters. Apparently in desperation, they were eventually reduced to eating lobster. In 1622, Bradford reported with shame that conditions were so bad for the settlers of New England that the only 'dish they could presente sic their friends with was a lobster.'"
—Mark Kurlansky, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (New York: Penguin, 1997), 69
p.s. Thanks, Weirdnet.
July 15, 2009