Gulliver
/ˈɡʌlɪvə(ɹ)/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 one's head. slang
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 The main character in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. countable, uncountable
- 3 A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Gulliver traveled in quest of adventure."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Russian голова́ (golová, “head; mind, brains”). Probably initially popularized by the Russian-influenced argot spoken by characters in the 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. Spelling influenced by Gulliver.
Etymology 2
English surname of Norman origin, nickname for a greedy person, from Old French goulafre (“glutton”), from goule (“mouth”).