braying

  • 111quagga — [ kwagə] noun an extinct South African zebra with a yellowish brown coat with darker stripes. [Equus quagga.] Origin S. Afr. Du., prob. from Khoikhoi, imitative of its braying …

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  • 112oncethm — o (G). Braying …

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  • 113blatant — a. 1. Bellowing, braying. 2. Clamorous, obstreperous, vociferous, noisy …

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  • 114bray — verb (I) 1 if a donkey brays, it makes a loud sound 2 if someone brays, they laugh or talk in a loud, slightly unpleasant way bray noun (C) braying adjective …

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  • 115clamorous — adj 1. uproarious, clamant, clangorous, rackety, blustering, noisy; loud, deafening, ear splitting, ear piercing; bawling, bellowing, braying, howling, caterwauling, ululant, wailing, crying, hysterical. 2. brassy, bold, brash, loud mouthed,… …

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  • 116grind — v 1. whet, mill, kibble, stone, sand, sandpaper, pumice; grate, file, rasp, scrape, gride; smooth, polish, burnish, buff. 2. crush, bray, pound, beat, mash, smash, Sl. smush; pulverize, mortar, comminute, triturate, levigate, powder, granulate,… …

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  • 117mastication — n 1. chewing, crunching, craunch ing, munching, champing, mumbling, Fletcherism, Fletcherizing, gnawing, nibbling, biting, Dial. chawing, Both Archaic. manducation, manducating; rumination, remastication. 2. pulverization, pulverizing,… …

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  • 118scrape — v 1. grate, rasp, file, scrape off; strip, decorticate, peel, skin, bark, husk, shuck, excoriate; grind, whet, sand, sandpaper, pumice; abrade, rub off, chafe, graze, scour, scrub; smooth, polish, burnish, buff. 2. scratch, scuff, mar, scar, Scot …

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  • 119bray — UK [breɪ] / US verb Word forms bray : present tense I/you/we/they bray he/she/it brays present participle braying past tense brayed past participle brayed 1) [intransitive] to make the loud rough sound that a donkey makes 2)… …

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  • 120donkey */ — UK [ˈdɒŋkɪ] / US [ˈdɑŋkɪ] noun [countable] Word forms donkey : singular donkey plural donkeys 1) a grey 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… …

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