Sasquatch
/ˈsæskwɒt͡ʃ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 Alternative letter-case form of sasquatch. alt-of
Example
More examples"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”).