Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A huge sea monster in Norwegian legend.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A mythical sea-monster said to appear at times off the coast of Norway. The popular notion of the kraken dates back at least to the time of pontoppidan (1698-1764), who wrote a description of it. One of the giant squids, as a cephalopod of the genus Architeuthis, might furnish a reasonable basis for the myth.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus.
Etymologies
- Norwegian dialectal : krake, kraken + Norwegian -n, suffixed definite article. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“It's hard to properly dramatize, say, the domestic effects of Dad's bank overdraft when a giant writhing kraken is levelling the city.”
“Perseus insists he wants to defeat a dread monster called the kraken, as a man, not a god, which like the rest of this movie is a bit of wishful thinking.”
“Davey Jones, is in danger of being destroyed by a giant sea creature called a kraken and has landed on an island of cannibals who have made him their god.”
“The kraken was a monstrous magic weed whose stems and branches were tentacles.”
“Max yee, i am excited to see this after re-watching the original which i still like, although i think this kraken kinda looks like a retard”
“If I'm looking for a rendering of the kraken at a size and resolution to make me crap my pants ... well, yeah, I'm going to see it in a theatre.”
“Damn same, i thought the kraken scene would kick ass in 3d.”
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“View Comments kor this is gonna be a great movie, it looks better than the original. the kraken looks awesome!!!!! blog comments powered by Disqus”
International Trailer for CLASH OF THE TITANS Starring Sam Worthington and a Kraken – Collider.com
“Clearly, lines like “kill the kraken” are all very important lines and those characters are there.”
Producer Kevin De La Noy On Set Interview CLASH OF THE TITANS – Collider.com
“I have no issues with a 3D kraken and neither should you or anyone else on this planet.”
International Trailer for CLASH OF THE TITANS Starring Sam Worthington and a Kraken – Collider.com
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘kraken’.
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good to know
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Genes
Interesting gene names. Some of these may have changed recently (to something less offensive/funny).
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Mythical Beings
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animals (2 syllable)
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Rakes
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the first list
an immense, grandiloquent list that loads like a thousand years sentence in stone. new words are in the other lists.
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Fictional beasties
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