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hoarsed

hoarsed is the simple past and past participle of hoarse.

Meaning of hoarse

Verb

hoarse (third-person singular simple present hoarses, present participle hoarsing, simple past and past participle hoarsed)

  1. (uncommon) To utter hoarsely; to croak.
    • "[...] Madame! Is—that—your—horse?!"
      "Ain't no horse!" she hoarses. "Thassa thuruly bred Great Dane!" The thuruly bred Great Dane's balls shine like big , bald onions as he squeezes to deposit 4 1⁄2 pounds of vitamin - enriched apcray near the lamp-post.1980, Leo Rosten, King Silky!, HarperCollins Children's Books

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Questions about hoarsed

What is hoarsed the simple past and past participle of?
Hoarsed is the simple past and past participle of hoarse.

Words near hoarsed in the dictionary

  1. hoark
  2. hoarness
  3. hoars
  4. hoarse
  5. hoarse as a crow
  6. hoarsed
  7. hoarsely
  8. hoarsen
  9. hoarsened
  10. hoarseness
  11. hoarsenesses

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