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hoarses

hoarses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hoarse.

hoarses is the plural 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 hoarses

What is hoarses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hoarses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hoarse.

Words near hoarses in the dictionary

  1. hoarseness
  2. hoarsenesses
  3. hoarsening
  4. hoarsens
  5. hoarser
  6. hoarses
  7. hoarsest
  8. hoarsing
  9. hoarstone
  10. hoarstones
  11. hoarwithy

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