lobster

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
2. (countable, uncountable)Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters:
3. (countable, uncountable)Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters:
4. (countable, uncountable)Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters:
5. (countable, historical, slang, uncountable)A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).

   “[…] how the troops came marching out for evening exercise under Captain Preston; how pedestrians and street urchins taunted them, shouting "Lobsters," "Bloody-backs," and flinging snow-balls, turnips, […]”

6. (countable, slang, uncountable)An Australian twenty-dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.

verb

1. To fish for lobsters.

adj

1. Red-colored, especially from a sunburn.