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Synonyms for gnat

Grammar : Noun
Spell : nat
Phonetic Transcription : næt

Top 10 synonyms for gnat
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Définition of gnat

Origin :
  • Old English gnætt "gnat, midge, mosquito," earlier gneat, used of various small, flying insects, from Proto-Germanic *gnattaz (cf. Low German gnatte, German Gnitze); perhaps literally "biting insect" and related to gnaw.
  • The gnatte is a litil fflye, and hatte culex..he soukeþ blood and haþ in his mouþ a pipe, as hit were a pricke..And is a-countid a-mong volatiles..and greueþ slepinge men wiþ noyse & wiþ bytinge and wakeþ hem of here reste. [John of Trevisa, transl. of Bartholomew de Glanville's "De proprietatibus rerum," 1398]
  • As in insect : noun bug
  • As in bug : noun insect
Example sentences :
  • He walked round them the first time, but there was no sign of the gnat.
  • Extract from : « Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales » by Anonymous
  • The charming creatures will neither strain at a camel nor swallow a gnat.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • The Gnat lay in the roadstead off Rathmullan, beyond reach that night.
  • Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • I would shelter there till daylight summoned me to my post of duty on the Gnat.
  • Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • But this would be straining at a gnat, and swallowing a camel.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 » by Various
  • To these must be added the Druid frigate, the sloop of war, and the Gnat.
  • Extract from : « The Two Admirals » by J. Fenimore Cooper
  • The gnat is a case in point: the water-bug, common in our ponds and ditches, is another.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
  • I believe that the man and the gnat are in the same predicament.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II) » by Charles Darwin
  • Let the gnat fly as hard as he may, he will never keep up with the wind.
  • Extract from : « Mystics and Saints of Islam » by Claud Field
  • The one that causes the most irritation is smaller than the average English gnat.
  • Extract from : « India and the Indians » by Edward F. Elwin
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