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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gnat /næt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Insectsa very small fly, esp. one that bites, or the midge.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gnat (nat),USA pronunciation n. - Insectsany of certain small flies, esp. the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- Insects, Fish, British Terms[Brit.]mosquito.
- Idioms strain at a gnat and swallow a camel, to fuss about trifles while ignoring more serious matters.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English gnæt(t); cognate with German (dialect, dialectal) Gnatze
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