creature

Definition

  • noun: an animal of any type
  • noun: something 'created' either animate or inanimate
  • + 'of'
  • synonyms: animal, man, instrument

Examples

  • The industry is still a 'creature of' the 1930s. [=it began in the 1930s and has not changed]

  • They say that these forests are filled with wild 'creatures'. [='beasts']

  • I'm a 'creature of habit'. [=I always do the same things in the same way]

Movie quotes

  • (..) you get that cop car from? We stole it from this dumbass cops. Nice. High five there. I have to say, I've never seen a more beautiful, elegant, regal creature. Check it out, Stu. Fuck this tiger. Oh, my god. It's awful. Who does shit like that, man? (..)
    2009 The Hangover