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chameleon

Definition

  • noun: a type of lizard that can change the color of its skin to look like the colors that are around it
  • noun: any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal Old World lizards with prehensile tail, independently movable eyeballs, and unusual ability to change the color of the skin
  • synonyms: opportunist

Examples

  • She's a political 'chameleon'. [=she often changes her political beliefs]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - You're wasting your time. - No more games. I don't know what it was. - It... - Go on. It changed colours like the chameleon. It uses the jungle. Are you sayin' Blain and Hawkins were killed by a fuckin' lizard? That's a bullshit psych job. There's two or three men at the most. Fucking lizard. (..)
    1987 Predator