Gargoyle

Word GARGOYLE
Character 8
Hyphenation gar goyle
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Gargoyle"

What do we mean by gargoyle?

A roof spout usually in the form of a grotesque or fantastic creature projecting from a gutter to carry rainwater clear of the wall. noun

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection. noun

A person of bizarre or grotesque appearance. noun

A spout projecting from the gutter of a building, or connected with it by an opening, for the purpose of carrying off the water clear from the wall. noun

A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely. noun

A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters. noun

Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building. noun

A fictional winged creature. noun

An ugly woman. noun

An ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal noun

A spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal noun

A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.

Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.

A fictional winged monster.

An ugly woman.

A gargoyle is a stone carving, normally described as a grotesque human form, which was beleived to scare away evil spirits. Urban Dictionary

The act of a drunk girl perched on the bathroom sink urinating because the stalls are full. Urban Dictionary

To vomit and shit simultaneously Urban Dictionary

The Gargoyle is when u jump onto a keg and make a gargoyle like pose and growl. Then you take the tap and drink for a good 10 to 30 seconds from it. The gargoyle is used to kept keg lines long and mad. DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! Urban Dictionary

The act of perching one's self upon the toilet ass naked to enable gravity assisted excrement evacuation warning: during extremely loose bowel movements the gargoyle should not be attempted due to splash back results and ankle dirtyage caution: wearing of socks may cause slippage and bodily injury note: toilet seat life greatly diminished by gargoylage Urban Dictionary

A person with a nasty grill and hideous facial features Urban Dictionary

1. A gargoyle is a drainage spout found on Gothic structures. Though many are grotesque representations of human or mythical forms, the proper context is that of a structural element, not a mythical creature. Urban Dictionary

Beastly stone creature, cool old school cartoon. monkey beast, flying man eating bitch Urban Dictionary

When a chick gives a guy a blowjob while he is standing and she is squating in front of him. After he comes, she lets the jizz run out of her mouth like a perched gargoyle with rain water draining from its mouth. Urban Dictionary

Also a person with a ugly face or facial feature Urban Dictionary

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The word "gargoyle" in example sentences

She had learned that the word gargoyle, from the French, was related to gargouille, which meant “gullet.” ❋ KATHLEEN MCGOWAN (2010)

In 1920s New York City, Professor Ernest Baxter, an expert in all things arcane; Mindy Markus, a scrappy flapper; and Roscoe, a gargoyle from the Bronx, are The Night Owls. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'm not entirely sure this is a gargoyle from the French: to gargle as, to be one, it has to have a water spout in its mouth. ❋ TK (2009)

The origin of the word gargoyle and its use by the Church can be traced back to a 7th century dragon known in France as gargouille or Goji. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Also, XUP informs me that the gargoyle is a candle holder as well; I always wondered what that hole was for. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The gargoyle was a born storyteller, and he'd rarely had as appreciative an audience as Hosea. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2001)

Behind the gargoyle was a door, presumably leading into the kitchen. ❋ Asprin, Robert (1980)

With a few strokes of my mental paintbrush, I altered Gus's features until the gargoyle was the mirror image of myself. ❋ Asprin, Robert (1980)

One interesting object in the show connecting Egyptian magic to Judeo-Christian tradition is a lion-headed "gargoyle" that most likely adorned a temple dating to the Late (525-332 B.C.) or Ptolemaic (332-30 B.C.) periods. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At first I tried calling him by a different name--I was going to call him Grendel because he looks like a strange little creature and is kind of gargoyle-esque. ❋ Unknown (2009)

First of all, it is necessary to understand what is meant by "gargoyle". ❋ Unknown (2010)

On June 20, 1975, Robert Rines obtained two more subsurface photographs southeast of Temple Pier, one showing a "gargoyle" head with apparent horns, and the other the head, neck, and body of a allegedly plesiosaur-like animal. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But, MMOs do provide the opportunity to marshal technological resources (such as add-ons in WoW and the like) that could be used to aid the ethnographer (a possible analog is the "gargoyle" from Snow Crash :-), though sort of like having one in the Metaverse). ❋ Unknown (2006)

[Reports of a "gargoyle" creature emerging from Puerto Rico in recent weeks evoke memories of the pre-Chupacabras winged oddities that were seen on that island (1994-1995) and prior to that. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Unfortunately, my representative is the gargoyle Joe Wilson. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After that, I asked another staff member where to find the Darth Vader gargoyle on the outside of the cathedral. ❋ Zoe P. Strassfield (2011)

A gargoyle is sculpted so that water runs out of its mouth, while a grotesque is sculpted so that water runs off the top it its head. ❋ Zoe P. Strassfield (2011)

[gargoyles] are [kewl] ❋ Crazy One (2004)

Damn, [full house]...[I guess] I can gargoyle [the sink]! ❋ Campuslive.com (2010)

My shit [stank] so bad, it made me gargoyle on [the bathroom] [floor] ❋ Beg (2005)

At a [high school graduation] my [23 year old] brother jumped onto [the keg] when at least 10 people over the age of 30 were behind him, the screaming got intense, but he growled like a gargoyle and made that keg his own. This one goes out to J.I. the greatest gargoyle in history. ❋ Brian Irish (2006)

Jeff is [rushing] to do [the gargoyle] after all that [Chipotle]! ❋ LT Jeff (2007)

[Crystal] is a gargoyle ❋ .LK (2005)

[Gargoyles] were often [carved] into [grotesque] cariatures of people the stoneworkers might personally know. ❋ Belisarius (2004)

[You fat] gargoyle, [give] my [sandwhich] back! ❋ Dusty (2004)

[Meredith] gave me the [hottest] gargoyle. She [rules]. ❋ Follows Herons (2006)

[a fat] [person] with a fat [face] ❋ Gomer (2004)

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