Usually means: Large reptiles with powerful jaws.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word alligators:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. alligators: Merriam-Webster
  2. alligators: Collins English Dictionary
  3. alligators: Vocabulary.com
  4. Alligators, alligator's, alligators: Wordnik
  5. alligators: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. alligators: Wiktionary
  7. alligators: Dictionary.com
  8. alligators: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Alligators: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Alligators: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Alligators: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Alligators: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Alligators: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Alligators: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See alligator as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (alligator)

noun:  Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China, respectively.
noun:  (paleontology) A member of the family Alligatoridae, which includes the caimans.
noun:  (Nigeria) A dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)
noun:  (dated) A crocodile of any species.
noun:  Any of various machines with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator.
noun:  (metalworking) A form of squeezer for the puddle ball.
noun:  (mining) A rock breaker.
noun:  (printing) A kind of job press.
noun:  Any of various vehicles that have relatively long, low noses in front of a cab or other, usually windowed, structure.
verb:  (intransitive, of paint or other coatings) To crack in a pattern resembling an alligator's skin.
noun:  (obsolete) One who binds or ties.
▸ Also see alligator


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