Definition of VULTURE

vulture

Meanings

Plural: vultures

Noun

  • any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
  • someone who attacks in search of booty
  • Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
  • A person who profits from the suffering of others.

Verb

  • To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.

Adj

  • ravenous; rapacious

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, from Latin vultur, voltur.

Synonyms

ambulance chaser, marauder, piranha, predator, vampire

Scrabble Score: 10

vulture is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
vulture is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vulture is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

vulture is a valid Words With Friends word