gorilla[noun]Synonyms: thug, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, ruffian, strong arm
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go‧ril‧la /ɡəˈrɪlə/
noun [countable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: Greek;
Origin: Gorillai, name of an African tribe of hairy women in old stories]
1. a very large African monkey that is the largest of the
apes2. a man who is very large and who looks as if he might become violent
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