gecko
pronunciation
How to pronounce gecko in British English:
UK [ˈgekəʊ]
How to pronounce gecko in American English:
US [ˈgekoʊ]
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- Noun:
- any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless
Word Origin
- gecko (n.)
- 1774, from Malay gekoq, said to be imitative of its cry. Earlier forms in English were chacco (1711), jackoa (1727).
Example
- 1. An ornate day gecko laps nectar from tree blossoms on mauritius .
- 2. He fanned the kpk-police feud with his " gecko versus crocodile " analogy .
- 3. These forces allow a gecko to cling to almost any surface , without secreting a sticky substance .
- 4. Soon we could be using gecko technology to hang pictures on walls using non-sticky adhesives .
- 5. Desert rats don 't age well . My father seems more gecko than man when I meet him in the kitchen .