What is another word for gnat?

Pronunciation: [nˈat] (IPA)

A gnat is a small flying insect, often found swarming in damp areas. The word gnats can be confusing, with some people using it to refer to other types of insects like flies, mosquitoes, and midges. However, the term "gnat" is specific, and there are some synonyms that can be used instead. Culicidae and Simuliidae are two types of biting gnats that can be found around the world. In North America, biting midges are sometimes called "no-see-ums" due to their tiny size. Sand gnats are another type of gnat found in some parts of the world. Regardless of the type of gnat, their bites can be irritating and cause itching and swelling.

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    • Noun, singular or mass
      midge.

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Usage examples for Gnat

The philosophic lecturer who has a serious moral purpose is in theory distinguished from the rhetorical sophist, who trades in startling effects, who rejoices in displaying his skill on any subject however trivial or grotesque, who will expatiate on the gnat or the parrot, or debate the propriety of a Vestal's marriage.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
Your Uncle Tom never gave the matter a minute's consideration-all he was after was getting away to his new home, and that young lawyer that advised you didn't have the sense of a gnat, or was in old Welborne's pay.
"Dixie Hart"
Will N. Harben
I have seen him watching him with angry and puzzled gaze as though he would satisfy himself why this gnat of a man worried him!
"The Dark Forest"
Hugh Walpole

Famous quotes with Gnat

  • Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?
    Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • On 18 you've got to drive it up a gnat's ass.
    Greg Norman
  • From the way Denny's shaking his head, he's either got an injured shoulder or a gnat in his eye.
    Jerry Coleman
  • Splitting the atom is like trying to shoot a gnat in the Albert Hall at night and using ten million rounds of ammunition on the off chance of getting it. That should convince you that the atom will always be a sink of energy and never a reservoir of energy.
    Ernest Rutheford
  • In horror, in terror, she accepted the metamorphosis — gnat, foam, ant, until death.When the bells began to sound the hour she let out the first scream.
    Simone de Beauvoir

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