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  • 41grasshopper — /gras hop euhr, grahs /, n. 1. any of numerous herbivorous, orthopterous insects, esp. of the families Acrididae and Tettigoniidae, having the hind legs adapted for leaping and having chewing mouth parts, some species being highly destructive to… …

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  • 42rattlesnake — /rat l snayk /, n. any of several New World pit vipers of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle composed of a series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail. [1620 30, Amer.; RATTLE1 + SNAKE] * * * Any of about 30… …

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  • 43fuzz — fuzz1 noun 1》 a frizzy mass of hair or fibre. 2》 a blurred image. 3》 a buzzing or distorted sound, especially one deliberately produced on an electric guitar. verb 1》 make or become fuzzy. 2》 make a distorted buzzing sound with (a guitar).… …

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  • 44zizz informal, — zizz informal, chiefly Brit. noun 1》 a whizzing or buzzing sound. 2》 a short sleep. verb 1》 make a whizzing or buzzing sound. 2》 doze; sleep. Origin C19: imitative …

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  • 45hum — I. v. n. Buzz, make a buzzing sound. II. v. a. Sing (in a low voice). III. n. Buzz, buzzing sound …

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  • 46hiss — [n] buzzing sound; jeer boo, Bronx cheer*, buzz, catcall, contempt, derision, hoot, sibilance, sibilation; concepts 278,595 hiss [v] make buzzing sound; ridicule blow, boo, catcall, condemn, damn, decry, deride, disapprove, hoot, jeer, mock, rasp …

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  • 47drone — drone1 [drōn] n. [ME < OE dran, akin to OS dran, MLowG drone < IE * dhren < base * dher , to buzz, hum > DOR(BEETLE)] 1. a male bee or ant which serves only in a reproductive capacity and does no work 2. an idle person who lives by… …

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  • 48bombilate — verb make a buzzing sound bees were buzzing around the hive • Syn: ↑buzz, ↑bombinate • Derivationally related forms: ↑bombilation, ↑bombination (for: ↑bombinate), ↑ …

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  • 49bombinate — verb make a buzzing sound bees were buzzing around the hive • Syn: ↑buzz, ↑bombilate • Derivationally related forms: ↑bombilation (for: ↑bombilate), ↑bombination, ↑ …

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  • 50zoom´er — zoom «zoom», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to move suddenly upward. 2. to fly suddenly upward in a nearly vertical ascent at great speed, in or as if in an airplane: »The airplane zoomed. 3. to make a continuous, low pitched humming or buzzing sound. 4.… …

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