1. n. Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail.
2. n. (chiefly in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
3. n. (colloquial) An unctuous person.
4. n. (colloquial) A coward.
5. n. (rock paper scissors) A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in ro
6. n. (in compounds) A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous female.
lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard