gnat

/næt/

noun 3

Collocations

VERB + GNAT

bitten, strain, whining

ADV.

away

noun

Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.

An annoying person.

"Away thou whining gnat, and trouble me not!"

noun

A type of jet fighter aircraft.

to make a mountain out of a molehill

"Away thou whining gnat, and trouble me not!"

Wiktionary

You strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

Tatoeba · #4447196

I was bitten by a gnat.

Tatoeba · #11341028

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