saw gourds
saw gourds verb: to snore very loudly.
Verb
saw gourds (third-person singular simple present saws gourds, present participle sawing gourds, simple past sawed gourds, past participle sawed gourds or sawn gourds)
- To snore very loudly.
- I thought of these things with a tendency to philosophize, but Zeno himself would have gone to sleep after such a day as I had spent. In five minutes, thoughtless and philosophers, we were all “sawing gourds” together in the land of Nod.1870, Fitz Hugh Ludlow, chapter II, in The Heart of the Continent, page 91
- He set by the fire a chawin his tobacco and swapped lies with us untill bed time, and we put him in the surplus room and he sawed gourds so, it was after midnight before we got to sleep.1873, Bill Arp’s Peace Papers, paper xxxiii, page 216
Forms of saw gourds
| third-person singular present | saws gourds |
|---|---|
| present participle | sawing gourds |
| past | sawed gourds |
| past participle | sawed gourds |
| past participle | sawn gourds |
Origin of saw gourds
In reference to the sound made by sawing.
Questions about saw gourds
- What does saw gourds mean?
- Saw gourds means to snore very loudly.
- What part of speech is saw gourds?
- Saw gourds is a verb.
- What is the past tense of saw gourds?
- The past tense of saw gourds is sawed gourds.
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