gnat
/næt/
gnat noun: a biting insect, especially a mosquito.
Noun (1)
gnat (plural gnats)
- A biting insect, especially a mosquito.
- [A]nd his servant was beside him with a fan to keep away the flies and gnats.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 293
- An annoying person.
- "Away thou whining gnat, and trouble me not!"1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 115
Noun (2) capitalized: Gnat
Gnat (plural Gnats)
- A type of jet fighter aircraft.
gnat meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
gnat in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும்
gnat in Urdu
- چھوٹا مچھر
gnat in Bengali
- any small insect of the order Diptera
- ডাঁশ ḍãś
gnat in Telugu
- a gnat or mosquito
- మశకము maśakamu
More languagesFewer languages
- gnat in Malayalam
- നുളമ്പ് nuḷampŭ
- gnat in Kannada
- ನುಸಿ, ನೊರಜು, ಗುಂಗುರು, ದೋಮೆ
- gnat in Gujarati
- મચ્છર macchar
- gnat in Sanskrit
- मशक maśaka
- gnat in Tagalog
- niknik
- gnat in Persian
- پشه paše, پشهریز pašeriz
- gnat in Thai
- ริ้น hín
- gnat in Vietnamese
- ruồi nhuế
Forms of gnat
| plural | gnats |
|---|---|
| plural | Gnats |
Origin of gnat
From Middle English gnat, from Old English gnætt (“gnat; midge; mosquito”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnatt, *gnattu, from Proto-Germanic *gnattaz, *gnattuz (“gnat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneHdʰn-, *gʰneHd- (“to gnaw; scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰen- (“to gnaw; bite; scratch; grind”). Cognate with Low German Gnatte (“gnat”), dialectal Swedish gnatt (“mosquito”), German Gnatz (“scabs; rash; scabies; stinginess”). Related also gnit and gnaw.
From gnat.
Words formed from gnat
Phrases with gnat
Words that rhyme with gnat
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- mat
- slat
- blat
- matt
- matte
- nat
- pat
- sat
- scat
- sprat
- vat
- old hat
- phat
- plat
- prat
- rabat
- spat
- tat
- @
- acrobat
- anticat
- antifat
- antirat
- batt
- big cat
- Cheshire cat
- clat
- combat
- gat
- glatt
- manat
- Montserrat
- plait
- scrat
- skat
- stat
- the fact that
- twat
- whereat
- begat
- Bratt
- BTO flat
- chowkat
- dassie rat
- dat
- despotat
- drat
- Flatt
Questions about gnat
- What does gnat mean?
- Gnat means a biting insect, especially a mosquito.
- What is gnat in Tamil?
- Gnat in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும். See Gnat meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is gnat?
- Gnat is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gnat?
- Gnat is pronounced /næt/.
- What is the plural of gnat?
- The plural of gnat is gnats.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gnat (page history and authors); Gnat (page history and authors); gnat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gnat (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); మశకము (Telugu) (page history and authors); gnat (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मशक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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