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  • 51audible — I. adjective Etymology: Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire to hear; akin to Greek aisthanesthai to perceive, Sanskrit āvis evidently Date: 1529 heard or capable of being heard • audibility noun • audibly adverb II. noun …

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  • 52chatter — I. verb Etymology: Middle English chatteren, of imitative origin Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. to utter rapid short sounds suggestive of language but inarticulate and indistinct < squirrels chattered angrily > 2. to talk idly,&#8230; …

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  • 53moan — I. noun Etymology: Middle English mone, from Old English *mān Date: 13th century 1. lamentation, complaint 2. a low prolonged sound of pain or of grief II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb …

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  • 54sniff — I. verb Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to draw air audibly up the nose especially for smelling < sniffed at the flowers > 2. to show or express disdain or scorn 3. snoop, nose < sni …

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  • 55snivel — I. intransitive verb ( eled or elled; eling or snivelling) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English *snyflan; akin to Dutch snuffelen to snuffle, snuffen to sniff Date: 14th century 1. to run at the nose 2. to snuff mucus up the nose audibly ; …

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  • 56snuffle — I. verb (snuffled; snuffling) Etymology: akin to Dutch snuffelen to snuffle more at snivel Date: circa 1600 intransitive verb 1. to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly 2. to breathe through an obstructed nose with a sniffing sound 3. to …

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  • 57sob — I. verb (sobbed; sobbing) Etymology: Middle English sobben; akin to Middle Low German sabben to drool Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. a. to catch the breath audibly in a spasmodic contraction of the throat b. to cry or weep with&#8230; …

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  • 58voice — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old French vois, from Latin voc , vox; akin to Old High German giwahanen to mention, Greek epos word, speech, Sanskrit vāk voice Date: 14th century 1. a. sound produced by vertebrates by means of lungs,&#8230; …

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  • 59wail — I. verb Etymology: Middle English weilen, waylen, perhaps modification (influenced by Middle English weilawei wellaway) of Old Norse væla, vāla to wail; akin to Old Norse vei woe more at woe Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to express&#8230; …

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  • 60Codec — This article is about encoding and decoding a digital data stream. For other uses, see Codec (disambiguation). Further information: List of codecs A codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding and/or decoding a digital data stream&#8230; …

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