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  • 101Ululation — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Animal sounds. < N PARAG:Ululation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cry cry &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 crying crying &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 bowwow bowwow ululation latration belling Sgm: N 1 …

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  • 102cheek — [OE] Old English cēace and cēoce go back respectively to prehistoric West Germanic *kǣkōn and *keukōn, but beyond that the word has no known relatives in other Indo European languages. It has, however, produced one or two interesting offshoots.… …

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  • 103gossip — I. n. 1. Tattler, babbler, chatterer, gadabout, idle talker. 2. Chat, chit chat, tattle, prate, prattle, cackle, clack, small talk , idle talk. II. v. n. Chat, tattle, prate, prattle, gabble, clack, cackle, talk idly …

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  • 104babble — v 1. gibber, Sl. gibber jabber, jargon; mutter, mumble, splutter, sputter; stammer, stutter. 2. chatter, chipper, prattle, cackle; twaddle, Brit. twattle, blather, drivel; talk nonsense, Inf. talk through one s hat; jabber, prate, bleat, Inf.… …

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  • 105cry — v 1. weep, shed tears, boohoo, sob; bawl, blubber, whimper, mewl, pule, whine, snivel; moan, wail, groan, ululate; lament, mourn, bewail, keen. 2. shout, yell, Inf. holler, squall, yowl, bellow, whoop; roar, rend the air, howl; scream, shriek,… …

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  • 106chatter — v 1. jabber, prattle, cackle, gibber, Sl. gibber jabber, jargon; babble, prate, tattle, twaddle, Brit. twattle; patter, gabble, blather, drivel; mutter, mumble, splutter, sputter, stammer; chit chat, chitter chatter, chaffer, bandy words; gossip …

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  • 107chortle — v 1. chuckle, laugh gleefully; snicker, snigger; chant, sing exultantly; cackle, triumph, gloat, gloat over, crow, crow over. n 2. chuckle, giggle, snicker, cackle …

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  • 108clatter — v 1. rattle, clutter, racket, din; jangle, clang, clangor, echo, reverberate, resound. 2. hurtle, clank, crash, bang, clump, tramp, be heavy footed, Inf. stomp or thump around; clash, collide, bump. 3. chatter, jabber, cackle, clack; prate,… …

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  • 109cluck — v 1. cackle, chuck, chuckle, click, clack; crow, quack; chirp, chirrup, chirk, coo. n 2. cackle, cackling, chuck, chucking, chuckle, chuckling, click, clicking, clack, clacking; crow, crowing, quack, quacking; chirp, chirping, chirrup, chirruping …

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  • 110clutter — v 1. litter, mess, tumble, jumble, scatter, strew about; disarrange, disorder, unsettle, discompose; disorganize, shuffle, dishevel, make a shambles of, Inf. turn topsy turvy, Inf. muss up. 2. clatter, rattle, racket; chatter, jabber, cackle,… …

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