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hoarse

English

Etymology

From Middle English hors, hos, from Old English h?s, *h?rs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz, akin to Old Norse háss (West Norse) and heiss (East Norse) (whence Icelandic hás, Norwegian Nynorsk hås, Norwegian Bokmål hes and Swedish hes).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: h?rs, IPA(key): /ho?s/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /h??s/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /ho?s/
  • Homophone: horse (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
  • Rhymes: -??(?)s

Adjective

hoarse (comparative hoarser, superlative hoarsest)

  1. Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.
    • I am old and my voice is hoarse []

Derived terms

  • hoarsely
  • hoarsen
  • hoarseness

Translations

Anagrams

  • ahorse, ashore, hearos, shoare

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croaking

English

Verb

croaking

  1. present participle of croak

Noun

croaking (plural croakings)

  1. The sound of something that croaks.
    the croakings of frogs from the nearby pond

Anagrams

  • organick

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