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  • 41jar — I n vessel, urn, vase, Gk. and Rom. Antiq. amphora; container, receptacle, crock, cruse, pot, canister, can; jug, pitcher, ewer; carafe, decanter, flagon, bottle, demijohn, cruet, caster, flask, carboy. II v 1. grate, rasp, scratch, squeak,… …

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  • 42jingle — v tinkle, tink, ding, ding dong, ring, chime, tintinnabulate; clink, chink, jangle, clang, clangor, clank; rattle, shake, vibrate. n 2. tinkle, tinkling, ting, tinging, ringing, ding, ding dong, chime, chiming, tintinnabulation; clink, clinking,… …

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  • 43rattle — v 1. clatter, Dial. clutter, racket, din; jangle, clang, clank, clangor, bang; clink, jingle, tinkle; rap, knock, ping. 2. jiggle, jounce, shake, rap. 3. hurtle, bounce, bump, clash, crash, collide. 4. chatter, jabber, cackle, clack, cluck,… …

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  • 44gʷer(ǝ)-4 —     gʷer(ǝ) 4     English meaning: to raise the voice; praise     Deutsche Übersetzung: “die Stimme erheben”, especially “loben, preisen, willkommen heißen”, but also ‘scold, chide; jammern”     Material: O.Ind. gr̥ṇüti, gr̥ṇītē “ sings, lobt …

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  • 45su̯en- —     su̯en     English meaning: to sound     Deutsche Übersetzung: “tönen, schallen”     Material: O.Ind. svánati (secondary ásvanīt) “ sounds, schallt” (= Lat. sonit), svanaḥ n. “noise”, svaná m. ‘sound, tone, clangor “ (= Lat. sonus), svüna “… …

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  • 46u̯ā̆gh-, suā̆ gh- —     u̯ā̆gh , suā̆ gh     English meaning: to cry, sound     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schreien, schallen”     Material: Gk. ἠχή, Dor. ἀ̄χά: f. “ clangor, noise”, ἠχώ, οῦς f. “ clangor, sound, tone, Widerhall”, ἦχος (ark. Fᾶχος) m. ds., ἠχέω ‘schalle …

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  • 47clangorous — clangour (US clangor) ► NOUN ▪ a continuous clanging sound. DERIVATIVES clangorous adjective. ORIGIN Latin clangor, from clangere resound …

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  • 48clangour — (US clangor) ► NOUN ▪ a continuous clanging sound. DERIVATIVES clangorous adjective. ORIGIN Latin clangor, from clangere resound …

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  • 49laugh — [OE] The word laugh is ultimately onomatopoeic, imitative of the sound of laughter. It goes back to Indo European *klak , *klōk , which also produced Greek klóssein, a verb denoting the clucking of hens, and Latin clangere ‘sound’ (source of… …

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  • 50clangour — n. (US clangor) 1 a prolonged or repeated clanging noise. 2 an uproar or commotion. Derivatives: clangorous adj. clangorously adv. Etymology: L clangor noise of trumpets etc …

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