make+a+hollow

  • 101croakwood — horn like devices which make a hollow, croaking sound when thrust into the water. Used to attract the European wels, Silurus glanis, through a similarity to frogs croaking or to the sounds made by female wels …

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  • 102wolve — verb /wʊlv/ a) To behave like a wolf. he had returned to his schoolboys script, to distant Evensongs, to the wolving of the ancient chapel organ as the last light is extinguished and the door latched for the long night. b) Of an organ, to make a… …

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  • 103claves — [kleɪvz, klα:vz] plural noun a pair of hardwood sticks used in music to make a hollow sound when struck together. Origin 1920s: from Latin Amer. Sp., from Sp. clave keystone , from L. clavis key …

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  • 104gurgle — verb make a hollow bubbling sound. noun a gurgling sound. Origin ME: imitative, or directly from Du. gorgelen, Ger. gurgeln, or med. L. gurgulare, all from L. gurgulio gullet …

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  • 105bump — I. n. 1. Thump, knock, blow, shock, jar, jolt. 2. Swelling, protuberance, lump. 3. (Colloquial, in allusion to the doctrine of Phrenology that protuberances on the skull indicate faculties of the mind.) Faculty, power, endowment, gift. II. v. a.… …

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  • 106bellow — /ˈbɛloʊ / (say beloh) verb (i) 1. to make a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow. 2. to roar; bawl: bellowing with rage. –verb (t) 3. to utter in a loud deep voice: to bellow forth an answer. –noun 4. the act or sound of bellowing. {Middle… …

  • 107clave — clave1 [klāv] vt., vi. archaic pt. of CLEAVE1 or CLEAVE2 clave2 [klä′vā΄] n. 1. either of a pair of cylindrical hardwood sticks that make a hollow sound when struck together, used as a percussion instrument in Latin music usually used in pl. 2. a …

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  • 108jollier — ˈjälēə(r) noun ( s) 1. : a person who jollies, flatters, or banters 2. : a worker who uses a jolly to make pottery hollow ware 3. : a worker who operates a rotary pounding machine for flattening the lower edge of the shoe upper where it folds… …

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  • 109clave — 1. n. Mus. a hardwood stick used in pairs to make a hollow sound when struck together. Etymology: Amer. Sp. f. Sp., = keystone, f. L clavis key 2. past of CLEAVE(2) …

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  • 110hollowly — hollow ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a hole or empty space inside. 2) concave. 3) (of a sound) echoing. 4) lacking significance or sincerity. ► NOUN 1) a hole or depression. 2) a small valley …

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