1. A cool (or not cool) pic that appears below your name on forum sites.
2. The personification of something infinite, usually a god.
1. He had a Boohbah avatar so I hired a hitman to kill him.
2. My friends say he's the Avatar of Apollo because he's so sexy.
by Cortana Dragoon June 17, 2005
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1) An incarnation of a diety or a supernatural being in the physical world.
2) A digital representation of a person who lives only through the internet.
1) The Kalki avatar of Sri Krishna is going to wreck havoc when he comes.
2) Any old yahoo! avatar
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1. Something that represents a person/place/thing/ect. Often online they are normally little icons used in IM's and other chat.

2. The incarnation of a Hindu deity, especially Vishnu, in human or animal form.
1. An avatar of the US. might be an Eagle, while the avatar of say Canada would be a maple leaf.
by Zenny November 28, 2005
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A small image that appears below your name in an internet forum.
I have a Porsche avatar for my account
by Steve "Inferno18" Crilly December 2, 2002
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an avatar or avatara is an incarnation of an immortal being or an ultimate supreme being (i.e. a god or goddess). avatars or avataras are said to descend to earth in times of great evil or unrightousness.
it is said that the avatar came over a thousand years ago to save earth.
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a fourth level human being, according to scott adams in god's debris.

realizes that hte scientific view of the world is the last step before the realization that we are God's Debris.
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a visual example of a charector in a forum or game, used for self expression.

Or something like that.
"My avatar is a picture of a cat, beacuse I like cats."
by Will October 4, 2003
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