Lobster
noun
A large marine crustacean with a strong, broad body, small eyes, and five pairs of legs, the first pair having large pincers.
I ordered a grilled lobster for dinner.
Often appears as...
- grilled lobster
- lobster tail
noun
A deep red color typical of a cooked lobster.
She was wearing a lobster-colored dress for the party.
Often appears as...
- lobster red
- lobster-coloured dress
noun
A clumsy, awkward, or outlandish person.
You are such a lobster, always tripping over your own feet!
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Idiomatic
noun
A large marine crustacean with a strong, broad body, small eyes, and five pairs of legs, the first pair having large pincers.
I ordered a grilled lobster for dinner.
Often appears as...
- grilled lobster
- lobster tail
noun
A deep red color typical of a cooked lobster.
She was wearing a lobster-colored dress for the party.
Often appears as...
- lobster red
- lobster-coloured dress
noun
A clumsy, awkward, or outlandish person.
You are such a lobster, always tripping over your own feet!
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Term
Often used in menus or cooking contexts to refer to the dish or ingredient.
The chef specializes in lobster bisque.
Pro Tip 2/3Luxury Item
Regarded as a delicacy, implying a higher quality and price.
Lobster is often the most expensive item at a seafood restaurant.
Pro Tip 3/3Animal Protection
Some cultures have regulations or debates concerning the humane treatment of lobsters.
New laws may require more humane methods of cooking lobster.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Term
Often used in menus or cooking contexts to refer to the dish or ingredient.
The chef specializes in lobster bisque.
Pro Tip 2/3Luxury Item
Regarded as a delicacy, implying a higher quality and price.
Lobster is often the most expensive item at a seafood restaurant.
Pro Tip 3/3Animal Protection
Some cultures have regulations or debates concerning the humane treatment of lobsters.
New laws may require more humane methods of cooking lobster.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Term
Often used in menus or cooking contexts to refer to the dish or ingredient.
The chef specializes in lobster bisque.
Pro Tip 2/3Luxury Item
Regarded as a delicacy, implying a higher quality and price.
Lobster is often the most expensive item at a seafood restaurant.
Pro Tip 3/3Animal Protection
Some cultures have regulations or debates concerning the humane treatment of lobsters.
New laws may require more humane methods of cooking lobster.
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Video examples
Deep ocean mysteries and...
That's like a little lobster. That one is like all these animals with their mouths hooked together, the colonial animals. Some animals are tiny, some can be longer than this stage. Just amazing animals. And you can't collect them with a net -- we have to go with our cameras and take a look at them. So every time we go, new species of life.
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Should we eat bugs? -...
and can be reared on organic waste, like vegetable peelings, that might otherwise just end up rotting in landfills. Feeling hungry yet? Faced with a plate of fried crickets, most people today would still recoil, imagining all those legs and feelers getting stuck between their teeth. But think of a lobster.
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Why does ice float in...
of liquid water. And you know that if an object is less dense than the fluid it's in, it will float. So, ice floats on water, so what? Well, let's consider a world without floating ice. The coldest part of the ocean would be the pitch-black ocean floor, once frozen, always frozen. Forget lobster rolls
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How does a jellyfish...
Even tiny lobster slipper larvae can cling to the bell of a jellyfish and hitch a ride, snacking on the jelly while they preserve their own energy for growth. Small agile fish use the jellies as moving reefs for protection, darting between tentacles without ever touching them.
Video examples
Entrepreneurs come from...
entrepreneur who couldn't really sell in that charisma card is the big gun that helps them sell that's what their gift is charisma number five I mentioned too early about pardon me I just escaped on the name I mentioned to you early about cousins Maine lobster and here's a
Video examples
Sophisticated Mountain...
fish and crustaceans like crabs crayfish and for the more discerning otter lobsters are the main delights on an otters menu they have been known to eat eggs birds and even small mammals too being mustelids otters are incredibly
Video examples
Bizarre Birth: Baby...
you're watching a reproductive blizzard one spiny lobster mom yes this lobster mania is all coming from one spiny lobster mom is giving birth and sending her children off into the world in this
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Lobster Babies PIPE...
you're watching a reproductive lizard one spiny lobster mom yes this Lobster mania is all coming from one spiny lobster mom is giving birth and sending her children off into the world in this
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Drunken Lobstering PIPE...
and you guys have report cards in order to protect the lobster population that apartment requires fishermen to keep detailed logs of their catch okay um
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Ayah Bdeir: Building...
But wait, this is actually my favorite project. It's a lobster made of playdough that's afraid of the dark.
Video examples
Deep ocean mysteries and...
That's like a little lobster. That one is like all these animals with their mouths hooked together, the colonial animals. Some animals are tiny, some can be longer than this stage. Just amazing animals. And you can't collect them with a net -- we have to go with our cameras and take a look at them. So every time we go, new species of life.
Video examples
Should we eat bugs? -...
and can be reared on organic waste, like vegetable peelings, that might otherwise just end up rotting in landfills. Feeling hungry yet? Faced with a plate of fried crickets, most people today would still recoil, imagining all those legs and feelers getting stuck between their teeth. But think of a lobster.
Video examples
Why does ice float in...
of liquid water. And you know that if an object is less dense than the fluid it's in, it will float. So, ice floats on water, so what? Well, let's consider a world without floating ice. The coldest part of the ocean would be the pitch-black ocean floor, once frozen, always frozen. Forget lobster rolls
Video examples
How does a jellyfish...
Even tiny lobster slipper larvae can cling to the bell of a jellyfish and hitch a ride, snacking on the jelly while they preserve their own energy for growth. Small agile fish use the jellies as moving reefs for protection, darting between tentacles without ever touching them.
Video examples
Entrepreneurs come from...
entrepreneur who couldn't really sell in that charisma card is the big gun that helps them sell that's what their gift is charisma number five I mentioned too early about pardon me I just escaped on the name I mentioned to you early about cousins Maine lobster and here's a
Video examples
Sophisticated Mountain...
fish and crustaceans like crabs crayfish and for the more discerning otter lobsters are the main delights on an otters menu they have been known to eat eggs birds and even small mammals too being mustelids otters are incredibly
Video examples
Bizarre Birth: Baby...
you're watching a reproductive blizzard one spiny lobster mom yes this lobster mania is all coming from one spiny lobster mom is giving birth and sending her children off into the world in this
Video examples
Lobster Babies PIPE...
you're watching a reproductive lizard one spiny lobster mom yes this Lobster mania is all coming from one spiny lobster mom is giving birth and sending her children off into the world in this
Video examples
Drunken Lobstering PIPE...
and you guys have report cards in order to protect the lobster population that apartment requires fishermen to keep detailed logs of their catch okay um
Video examples
Ayah Bdeir: Building...
But wait, this is actually my favorite project. It's a lobster made of playdough that's afraid of the dark.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
John Mackey
American Businessman
At the end of the day, the quality of life is all we have, and it's just as important to that lobster, the quality of life that it lives - even if it's not as long - as the quality of your life.
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Bernie Mac
American Actor
When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars - that's heaven here on earth.
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Tridha Choudhury
Indian Actress
In the Maldives, I tried scuba diving, which was an experience of a lifetime. Also, I had various kinds of lobsters, which I'd probably never get to eat again.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.
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Bobby Flay
American Chef
Grilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer.
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Katie Lee
American Chef
To me, nothing says summer like enjoying a lobster roll at my favorite spots in the Hamptons.
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Johnny Iuzzini
American Chef
I can't even kill a lobster without saying a Hail Mary for it.
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Brooke Burke
American Model
Hey, we all have our fear. Mine is bugs and lobsters!
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Ignacio Serricchio
Argentinian Actor
I'm in the water twice a week diving for lobster.
Quote examples
Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
Raw lobster tail, freeze dried, is amazing.
Quote examples
John Mackey
American Businessman
At the end of the day, the quality of life is all we have, and it's just as important to that lobster, the quality of life that it lives - even if it's not as long - as the quality of your life.
Quote examples
Bernie Mac
American Actor
When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars - that's heaven here on earth.
Quote examples
Tridha Choudhury
Indian Actress
In the Maldives, I tried scuba diving, which was an experience of a lifetime. Also, I had various kinds of lobsters, which I'd probably never get to eat again.
Quote examples
Lord Byron
British Poet
A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.
Quote examples
Bobby Flay
American Chef
Grilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer.
Quote examples
Katie Lee
American Chef
To me, nothing says summer like enjoying a lobster roll at my favorite spots in the Hamptons.
Quote examples
Johnny Iuzzini
American Chef
I can't even kill a lobster without saying a Hail Mary for it.
Quote examples
Brooke Burke
American Model
Hey, we all have our fear. Mine is bugs and lobsters!
Quote examples
Ignacio Serricchio
Argentinian Actor
I'm in the water twice a week diving for lobster.
Quote examples
Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
Raw lobster tail, freeze dried, is amazing.
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