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101raucous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. harsh, grating, rasping, hoarse, strident. See loudness. Ant., quiet, smooth talking. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Harsh] Syn. strident, rough, grating, hoarse, loud, gruff, dissonant, jarring,… …
102donkey — don|key [ daŋki ] noun count * 1. ) => NOTE a gray or brown animal similar to a horse, but smaller and with long ears. In some countries it is used for riding and for pulling or carrying heavy loads. The sound a donkey makes is called braying …
103Ben-Gurion (Green), David — (1886–1973) First prime minister of Israel. In October 1906 a short, stocky young man, with a jutting jaw, set sail on a small boat through the Black Sea. David Green was twenty years old and fired with zeal to redeem the soil of the Jewish… …
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104bray — (v.) c.1300, from O.Fr. braire to cry, from Gallo Romance *bragire to cry out, perhaps from a Celtic source (Cf. Gael. braigh to shriek, crackle ), probably imitative. As a noun, from c.1300. Related: Brayed; braying …
105honking — adj British drunk. A middle class usage, heard less often nowadays than in the 1960s, which may have originated in armed services slang. The honk denotes either drinking in gulps, the braying made by drunken revellers or, more probably, vomiting …
106rah — n, adj British (someone who is) posh , a synonym is yah: both terms imitate the drawling or braying speech supposedly characteris tic of such individuals …
107neighing — n. braying, whinnying; imitative sound of horse neɪ n. horse bray, sound made by a horse v. bray, whinny; make a sound like a horse …
108neighings — n. braying, whinnying; imitative sound of horse …
109ass — ass1 [as] noun 1》 an animal of the horse family which is smaller than a horse and has longer ears and a braying call. [Equus africanus (Africa) and E. hemionus (Asia).] ↘(in general use) a donkey. 2》 informal a foolish or stupid person.… …
110donkey — noun (plural donkeys) 1》 a domesticated hoofed mammal of the horse family with long ears and a braying call. [Equus asinus.] 2》 informal a foolish person. 3》 (also donkey stool) a low stool astride which an artist sits. Phrases donkey s years… …
