Sasquatch

//ˈsæskwɒt͡ʃ// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A large hairy humanoid creature of western North America.

    "[Riley] Keough plays one of the family of four sasquatches (the mythical creature also known as bigfoot) that the film follows over the course of a year as the primitive, grunting ape-like creatures lumber through the forests of the Pacific north-west of America. […] At first, there’s something almost disconcertingly crude about the sasquatch skins."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of sasquatch. alt-of

Synonyms

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bigfootbigfootnorth american wood apenorth american wood ape

Example

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"As a professional cryptozoologist, I have collected Sasquatch droppings, mapped a nest of Chupacabras, and tracked sea serpents across the Indian Ocean."

Etymology

Borrowed from Halkomelem sásq’ets (“hairy man”).

Related phrases

north america

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