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alligator n. Summertime on Interstate 81 can be dangerous. It’s alligator season.…Those “gators” aren’t wayward reptiles searching for a cool mudhole, but trucker lingo for tires or retreads that have flown off trucks and cars and are strewn about the roads. [ Language English Register Slang Subject Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Dec. 28, 2005)

alligator n. He picks up a piece of rubber and flings it aside. In an instant, he is back to the safety of the grassy side strip. Again, he gauges the traffic and leaps onto the road to grab an “alligator.” [ Language English Register Slang Subject Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Dec. 28, 2005)

alligator n. In the coming months, I predict we’ll see an increase in people dumping real estate they can’t afford. They’ll be forced to sell because they’ll be eaten alive by a phenomenon known as negative cash flow. Investment properties that you have to feed money to every month are fondly known as alligators—if you can’t afford to feed the property every month, it eats you. [English Houses & Housing Money & Finance Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 15, 2006)

alligator arm n.pl. Still, John Lewis wishes he had a quarter for every alligator-arm quip he’s heard. “People always say if my arms were longer, I might reach more balls, but I try not to take it personally,” he said. “I don’t let it bother me because when you play this sport, it’s your talent and your heart that counts, not the size of the man.” [English Football Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 1, 2006)

alligator arms n.pl. But Shell wouldn’t take Moss to task for short-arming catches—an affliction commonly called “alligator arms.” [English Football Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 1, 2006)

alligator arms n.pl. Sanders is a converted running back, as was Monk, who didn’t take to wide receiver at first. “He had alligator arms, know what I mean?” said his former coach.… “He didn’t reach for the ball at first. If he hadn’t had the USFL experience, he wouldn’t have made it in the NFL because no one would’ve given him time to develop.” [English Body Football Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 1, 2006)

alligator arms n.pl. “Our goal is to hit a receiver so hard and so often they’ll catch the ball like an alligator. If you’ve ever seen an alligator, their arms are about three inches long. We want to hit a receiver enough to where he doesn’t want to reach very far or very often.”—Kevin Steele, secondary coach of No. 19 Tennessee. [English Body Football Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 1, 2006)

alligator arms n.pl. Curtis drops some short passes, but it is not a matter of him being unable to catch the ball over the middle or having alligator arms. It is just concentarion and the fact he is simply a better long receiver. [English Body Football Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 1, 2006)

alligator hide n. Sometimes, the tire fragments cause accidents. Damage to vehicles resulting from contact with flying “alligator hides”—or as a result of swerving to avoid them—is a common hazard of freeway driving. [ Language English Register Slang Subject Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Dec. 28, 2005)

alligator-arm n.pl. The Chargers sacked Jeff George six times, and, Harrison noted, “Tim Brown helped us out with a couple of alligator-arm catches.” Brown dropped several passes early in the game, and finished with just three catches for 18 yards. [English Football Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 1, 2006)

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