dragon

[ drag-uhn ]

/ ˈdræg ən /

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noun

a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.

Archaic. a huge serpent or snake.

Bible. a large animal, possibly a large snake or crocodile.

the dragon, Satan.

a fierce, violent person.

a very watchful and strict woman; duenna.

flying dragon.

Botany. any of several araceous plants, as Arisaema dracontium(green dragon, or dragonroot ), the flowers of which have a long, slender spadix and a green, shorter spathe.

a short musket carried by a mounted infantryman in the 16th and 17th centuries.

a soldier armed with such a musket.See also dragoon (defs. 1-3).

Dragon, Astronomy. the constellation Draco.

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Idioms about dragon

chase the dragon, Slang. to inhale the vapor of heated heroin or another opiate drug.

Origin of dragon

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dracōn- (stem of dracō ), from Greek drákōn the name of a kind of serpent, probably originally an epithet, “the (sharp-)sighted one,” akin to dérkesthai “to look”

OTHER WORDS FROM dragon

drag·on·ish, adjectivedrag·on·like, adjective

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How to use dragon in a sentence

Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
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Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?
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We, Watsons, are waiting for him to step forward and drag various dark mysteries into the light of day.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Alcee Arobin and Mrs. Highcamp called for her one bright afternoon in Arobin's drag.
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Kingston-on-Thames is still provincial in appearance, though now the centre of a great growth of modern suburbs.
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Besides the districts mentioned, tobacco is grown largely in that of Frankfort-on-the Oder.
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British Dictionary definitions for dragon

dragon

/ (ˈdræɡən) /

noun

a mythical monster usually represented as breathing fire and having a scaly reptilian body, wings, claws, and a long tail

informal a fierce or intractable person, esp a woman

any of various very large lizards, esp the Komodo dragon

any of various North American aroid plants, esp the green dragon

Christianity a manifestation of Satan or an attendant devil

a yacht of the International Dragon Class, 8.88m long (29.2 feet), used in racing

chase the dragon slang to smoke opium or heroin

Derived forms of dragon

dragoness, fem ndragonish, adjective

Word Origin for dragon

C13: from Old French, from Latin dracō, from Greek drakōn; related to drakos eye

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drag on

Also, drag out. Prolong or be prolonged tediously. For example, The speech dragged on for another hour, or He dragged out the story in an excruciating manner. [First half of 1800s]

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