lounge lizard

noun

Definition of lounge lizardnext
1
as in dude
a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance a slick lounge lizard in a silk suit

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2
as in womanizer
a man given to seducing women a balding, paunchy lounge lizard whose days and nights of partying were behind him

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Recent Examples of lounge lizard Playing the lounge lizards, slotwads, goombahs and corrup-tos, the supporting cast members are terrific. — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 22 Nov. 2025 With acid jazz tracks filled with brass horns and lounge lizard rhythm, many found the score counterintuitive to the game’s decidedly epic moment-to-moment action. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2024 He got involved in the music business, sometimes playing lounge lizard takes on Pink Floyd for hotel bars, sometimes playing in bands. — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023 Don’t fall for the slick, dandified cake eater — the unpolished gold of a real man is worth more than the gloss of a lounge lizard. — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lounge lizard
  1. dude
  2. womanizer
  3. beau
  4. lover
  5. Beau Brummell
  6. Don Juan
  7. pretty boy
  8. wolf
Noun
  • But maybe looking and sounding like a working-class dude who hates big corporations is not adequate qualification for high office—or even proof that you can be taken at your word.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • Mariana is not pleased to hear this, and he's got some rough-looking dudes with him.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of dude
Noun
  • The chart-topper sparked many rumors about the identity of the apricot-scarf-wearing womanizer.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
  • Now, Cady is a former restaurateur and womanizer who became a tabloid sensation after his pregnant wife disappeared; his defense attorney, the young, pregnant, alcoholic Anna, seemingly guided him toward a plea deal engineered by Tom.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Definition of womanizer
Noun
  • The accolades come just five days after Swift married beau Travis Kelce in an extravagant — yet secretive — Manhattan affair at Madison Square Garden.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Hundreds of celebrities and A-Listers flocked to New York City for the Fourth of July weekend to celebrate Swift’s nuptials with her Super Bowl-winning beau at Madison Square Garden — but the 47-year-old actress and model was notably not among them.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026
Definition of beau
Noun
  • Guests spill out onto the three-part terrace, with its overhead heaters, barbecue space, and The Cigar Garden, where tobacco lovers can take their pick of Havanas from the humidor and lose themselves in a smoky haze until closing time.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 July 2026
  • For the outdoor lovers the resort offers pickleball and tennis, mountain biking, hiking, climbing, the Arbor Adventure (a 26-element ropes course in the trees), fly fishing, horseback riding, boating, skeet shooting, and more!
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 July 2026
Definition of lover
Noun
  • Much like the advice of Beau Brummell, a close friend of the future King George IV who in the 19th century helped define Royal Ascot’s dress code.
    — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
  • The original dandy—most famously embodied by figures like Beau Brummell in 18th-century Britain—was a man whose primary purpose was to stand out by being impeccably groomed and dressed.
    — Ty Gaskins, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2025
Definition of Beau Brummell
Noun
  • Born in Rome in 1938, Juan Carlos was the son of Don Juan de Borbon, the exiled heir to the Spanish throne.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 2 July 2026
  • After Supergirl, Dunaway continued to land starring roles in movies like Don Juan DeMarco (1994) and The Rules of Attraction (2002).
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026
Definition of Don Juan
Noun
  • Melvin Combs, the dark-skinned, pretty boy with the toothy, megawatt smile, was a co-conspirator in a case that would send some members of his crew to prison for up to 12 years.
    — Aliya S. King, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2025
  • This was the last time Leo would try to headline a big-budget movie still looking like the pretty boy of Titanic; after this, his next four films were for either Martin Scorsese or Steven Spielberg.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Definition of pretty boy
Noun
  • These members of the order of Carnivora, which includes bears, wolves, felines, seals, and many other mammals that specialize in eating flesh, have found a way to reorganize themselves to take full advantage of all that city life has to offer.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Amaroq Weiss, senior wolf advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, questioned the methodology, saying researchers collected scat only along roads and trails while excluding brushy areas where wolves may eat smaller prey.
    — Scott Lebar. Story produced with AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of wolf

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