HOW TO PRONOUNCE
gnat
/næt/
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Say the initial “n” without “g.”
Gnat has one syllable with the short a heard in cat. The written g is silent; finish with t without adding a vowel after it.
1 syllable
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“A gnat hovered above the pond.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does gnat mean?
noun
- A biting insect, especially a mosquito.
- (informal) An annoying person.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (historical) A type of jet fighter aircraft.
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IPA pronunciation
/næt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Presently he reached the spot where the little Gnat hung panting at the tip of the waving grass-blade.
“Ahok! there! Please, Mister Oak, a gnat have just flewed into my stomach and brought the cough on again!”
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Enormous gearing, the prime motor of which is the gnat, and whose final wheel is the zodiac.
When once this Gnat had disappeared--and the life of the Mosquito is not a long one--the bird would die of starvation.
O heaven, that there were but a mote in yours, A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, Any annoyance in that precious sense!