Definitions

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  • noun cryptozoology A large hairy humanoid creature of western North America; a Bigfoot.

Etymologies

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From Halkomelem sásq’ets.

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Examples

  • Which features evident in the footage demonstrate that the alleged sasquatch is a 'guy in a custome'?

    Frame 352, and all that Darren Naish 2006

  • Let me state from the start that I do not “believe” in sasquatch, nor am I planning to promote either an anti-sasquatch, or a pro-sasquatch, point of view.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Let me state from the start that I do not “believe” in sasquatch, nor am I planning to promote either an anti-sasquatch, or a pro-sasquatch, point of view.

    Frame 352, and all that Darren Naish 2006

  • Despite the highly problematic lack of fossils, corpses and better photographic evidence, I still feel that sasquatch is a subject at least worthy of investigation.

    Frame 352, and all that Darren Naish 2006

  • The world is more insane than you think, a two-mouthed fish was found in Alberta, and incredibly, the sasquatch is a hoax.

    Lock n' Loaded: Cracking Down on Bike Theft BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • 'Belief' is the uncritical acceptance of an idea or school of thought because it is appealing, and I most certainly do not 'believe' in sasquatch.

    Frame 352, and all that Darren Naish 2006

  • Tlingel was very good, but the sasquatch was a wizard with not much else to do but mental chess.

    Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1991

  • Tlingel was very good, but the sasquatch was a wizard with not much else to do but mental chess.

    Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1991

  • Being called sasquatch and monkey every day hurts and left me with a lot of confidence issues long after the hair was gone.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Being called sasquatch and monkey every day hurts and left me with a lot of confidence issues long after the hair was gone.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

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  • Squasatch to me, just to make me laugh.

    August 21, 2009