Godzilla
name/ɡɑdˈzɪlə/US/ɡɒdˈzɪlə/UK
Etymology
From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) and 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).
- borrowed from ゴジラ
Definitions
A fictional Japanese monster (kaiju) from a series of science-fiction films.
Anything that is an extremely large or dramatic example of its type.
- a Godzilla of a tower building
- Aren't we supposed to be a big, terrifying country, a Godzilla of capitalism wrecking the globe?
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA