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Snort

To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.

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Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Cry 76% connected

To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drug 76% connected

To drudge; to toil laboriously.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Emit 76% connected

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exhale 76% connected

To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.

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Expire 76% connected

To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.

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Inhale 76% connected

To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inspire 76% connected

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Laugh 76% connected

To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the fa…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Laughter 76% connected

A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outcry 76% connected

A vehement or loud cry; a cry of distress, alarm, opposition, or detestation; clamor.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shout 76% connected

To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Vociferation 76% connected

The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.

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Yell 76% connected

To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 10

Bird 74% connected

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bird 74% connected

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Snigger 74% connected

See Snicker.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Snigger 74% connected

See Snicker.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Snorter 74% connected

One who snorts.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Snorter 74% connected

One who snorts.

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Tantalize 74% connected

To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tantalize 74% connected

To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entails 1

Drug 72% connected

To drudge; to toil laboriously.

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Synonym 7

Bird 92% connected

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Hiss 92% connected

To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Hoot 92% connected

To cry out or shout in contempt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Huff 92% connected

To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Raspberry 92% connected

The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idaeus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red, and the white raspberry.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Snicker 92% connected

To laugh slyly; to laugh in one's sleeve.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Snigger 92% connected

See Snicker.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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