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punkie

English

Alternative forms

  • punky

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p??ki?/
  • Rhymes: -??ki

Etymology 1

Entered English via Jersey Dutch; originally from a Munsee word like *pónkwes (the latter part of which is a diminutive suffix), to which the Dutch applied the diminutive suffix -je. Compare Unami punkw (“dust”), Punxsutawney (from Unami punkwës utènay, 'sandfly town').

Noun

punkie (plural punkies)

  1. (US) A small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; the biting midge; sandfly.

Etymology 2

Noun

punkie (plural punkies)

  1. (US) A fish, Lepomis gibbosus.
    Synonym: pumpkinseed

References

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noseeum

English

Alternative forms

  • no-see-em
  • no-see-um

Etymology

Shortened no see them.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /no??si.?m/, enPR: n?s???m
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /n???si?.?m/, enPR: n?s???m
  • Hyphenation: no?see?um

Noun

noseeum (plural noseeums)

  1. (colloquial) a biting midge, a small flying insect that harasses people out of doors, particularly in warm weather after sunset.

Synonyms

  • punkie
  • sandfly

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