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How to pronounce gnat in English?

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Type Words
Type of dipteron, dipterous insect, dipteran, two-winged insects
Has types midge, biting midge, phlebotomus papatasii, psychodid, punkey, punkie, punky, sand fly, sandfly, no-see-um, black fly, blackfly, buffalo gnat
Type Words
Type of mosquito

Examples of gnat

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Audience fragmentation, gnat-sized attention spans, no patience for commercials.
From the businessweek.com
The politicians, like the public they serve, have the attention span of a gnat.
From the theatlantic.com
On October 2, 2001 the GNAT sources were contributed to the GCC CVS repository.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He's more like an enemy, an insect, a gnat that you'd just like to swipe away.
From the orlandosentinel.com
If nothing else, the natty gnat promises to be a disruptive influence in 1968.
From the time.com
If you happen to see one, it might look like a pale and nervously moving gnat.
From the ocregister.com
The smaller fungus gnat likes to hang around doors, alcoves or light fixtures.
From the ocregister.com
Some can pay attention for an hour, others have the attention span of a gnat.
From the sacbee.com
Had it been 10 years, a menacing George Foreman would have swatted him like a gnat.
From the kentucky.com
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  • Any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
  • (British usage) mosquito
  • A gnat ("nat") is one of several species of tiny flying insects in the Dipterid suborder Nematocera, especially those in the families Mycetophilidae, Anisopodidae and Sciaridae.
  • GNAT is a free-software compiler for the Ada programming language which forms part of the GNU Compiler Collection. It supports all versions of the language, i.e. Ada 2005, Ada 95 and Ada 83; it allows already some constructs of Ada 2012 (i.e. pre/postconditions or conditional expressions). ...
  • GNATS is the GNU project's bug-tracking software. GNATS is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
  • Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera
  • (GNATS) The GNU program we use for reporting and tracking bugs, comments and suggestions.
  • (Gnats) Set, the god of the desert
  • (gnats) (n.): small, two-winged insects that can bite or sting. [Pronounced: NAT] See a picture of a gnat.