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child-crowing

child-crowing noun: a nervous affection with spasm of the muscles closing the glottis.

Noun

child-crowing (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A nervous affection with spasm of the muscles closing the glottis.

Forms of child-crowing

alternative formchildcrowing

Questions about child-crowing

What does child-crowing mean?
Child-crowing means a nervous affection with spasm of the muscles closing the glottis.
What part of speech is child-crowing?
Child-crowing is a noun.

Words near child-crowing in the dictionary

  1. child-birth
  2. child-births
  3. child-bride
  4. child-brides
  5. child-centered
  6. child-crowing
  7. child-directed speech
  8. child-free
  9. child-fucker
  10. child-fuckers
  11. child-great

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