gorilla:
(plural: ‘gorillas‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘g’ in this word rhymes with the letter ‘g’ in the word “garden” — for the right pronunciation of gorilla, please click here)
a man large in size, ugly to look at and rough in behaviour;
a thug,
e.g.
Joe is a big, strong and hairy but good-natured young man, so everybody calls him a ‘soft gorilla’.
Calling someone, especially an Afro-American, a gorilla is an offence.
I heard in the news that a couple of gorillas, two large, hairy-bodied men, raped an eighteen-year old college girl and dumped her under a bridge in the old town area.
We see all types of (human) gorillas in WWF wrestling shows, one fighter bigger and heavier than the next one!
For an item of news in which we read about an employee being called a gorilla, please click here, for a sports article about a boxing pro being called a gorilla, please click here, for an interesting article about a gorilla printer, please click here. For an interesting article, with a video clip, about ‘gorilla glass’, please click here.
A more common meaning is a large tailless monkey – the largest ape.
