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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, from Latin vultur, voltur.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvʌltʃə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvʌlt͡ʃɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌltʃə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]vulture (plural vultures)
- Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
- (figurative, colloquial) A person who profits from the suffering of others.
- Synonyms: ambulance chaser, vampire
- Within ten minutes of the accident, the vultures appeared and were organizing lawsuits.
Hyponyms
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Verb
[edit]vulture (third-person singular simple present vultures, present participle vulturing, simple past and past participle vultured)
- (figurative, colloquial) To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.
- Rudy vultured when asking the girl out.
Adjective
[edit]vulture
- (obsolete) ravenous; rapacious
- 1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC:
- Whose vultur thought doth pitch the price so hie,
That she will draw his lips rich treasure drie.
Further reading
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