pythons

[pahy-thon, -thuhn]

py·thon

1[pahy-thon, -thuhn]
noun
any of several Old World boa constrictors of the subfamily Pythoninae, often growing to a length of more than 20 feet (6 meters): the Indian python, Python molurus, is endangered.

Origin:
1580–90; < Neo-Latin; special use of Python

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Pythons is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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py·thon

2[pahy-thon, -thuhn]
noun
1.
a spirit or demon.
2.
a person who is possessed by a spirit and prophesies by its aid.

Origin:
1595–1605; < Late Greek pȳ́thōn; relation to Python unclear

Py·thon

[pahy-thon, -thuhn]
noun Classical Mythology.
a large dragon who guarded the chasm at Delphi from which prophetic vapors emerged. He was finally killed by Apollo, who established his oracle on the site.

Origin:
< Latin Pȳthōn < Greek Pȳ́thōn
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Main Entry:  pythons
Part of Speech:  n pl
Definition:  very muscular upper arms; pumped-up biceps
Example:  flexing his pythons
Usage:  informal
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pythons definition


  1. n.
    large, muscular biceps. (See also guns.) : Look at the pythons on that guy! He could lift a piano!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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