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dulon [dú.lun.] : locust (n.); gag (v.); swarm (v.)
Synonyms: lukton; lupok; manlot

Derivatives of dulon


Glosses:
locust
n. (animal)1. locustmigratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae.
~ acridid, short-horned grasshoppergrasshopper with short antennae.
~ locusta migratoria, migratory locustOld World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation.
~ migratory grasshopperserious pest of grain-growing and range areas of central and western United States.
n. (plant)2. locusthardwood from any of various locust trees.
~ locust tree, locustany of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae.
~ woodthe hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees.
n. (plant)3. locust, locust treeany of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae.
~ fabaceae, family fabaceae, family leguminosae, legume family, leguminosae, pea familya large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae.
~ courbaril, hymenaea courbarilWest Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood.
~ locusthardwood from any of various locust trees.
~ gleditsia aquatica, swamp locust, water locusthoney locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood.
~ gleditsia triacanthos, honey locusttall usually spiny North American tree having small greenish-white flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisting seed pods; yields very hard durable reddish-brown wood; introduced to temperate Old World.
~ robinia pseudoacacia, yellow locust, black locustlarge thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers; widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions.
~ clammy locust, robinia viscosasmall rough-barked locust of southeastern United States having racemes of pink flowers and glutinous branches and seeds.
~ treea tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms.
gag
n. (communication)1. gag, jape, jest, joke, laugha humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
~ humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humoura message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
~ gag line, punch line, tag line, laugh linethe point of a joke or humorous story.
~ howler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, riot, screama joke that seems extremely funny.
~ blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty storyan indelicate joke.
~ ethnic jokea joke at the expense of some ethnic group.
~ funny, funny remark, funny story, good storyan account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line).; "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny"
~ in-jokea joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people.
~ one-linera one-line joke.
~ shaggy dog storya long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness.
~ sick jokea joke in bad taste.
~ sight gag, visual jokea joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie).
n. (artifact)2. gag, muzzlerestraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting.
~ constraint, restrainta device that retards something's motion.; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
v. (perception)3. gag, muzzleprevent from speaking out.; "The press was gagged"
~ silence, hush, hush up, still, quieten, shut upcause to be quiet or not talk.; "Please silence the children in the church!"
v. (contact)4. choke, fret, gagbe too tight; rub or press.; "This neckband is choking the cat"
~ constrict, compress, contract, compact, press, squeezesqueeze or press together.; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
v. (contact)5. gag, muzzletie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them.; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair"
~ tie, bindfasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord.; "They tied their victim to the chair"
v. (communication)6. gag, quipmake jokes or quips.; "The students were gagging during dinner"
~ jest, joketell a joke; speak humorously.; "He often jokes even when he appears serious"
v. (body)7. choke, gag, strangle, suffocatestruggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake.; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
~ suffer, hurtfeel pain or be in pain.
v. (body)8. choke, gagcause to retch or choke.
~ sickenmake sick or ill.; "This kind of food sickens me"
v. (body)9. gag, heave, retchmake an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit.
swarm
n. (group)1. drove, horde, swarma moving crowd.
~ crowda large number of things or people considered together.; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"
n. (group)2. cloud, swarma group of many things in the air or on the ground.; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores"
~ group, groupingany number of entities (members) considered as a unit.
~ insectsmall air-breathing arthropod.
~ infestation, plaguea swarm of insects that attack plants.; "a plague of grasshoppers"
v. (stative)3. pullulate, swarm, teembe teeming, be abuzz.; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
~ seethe, hum, buzzbe noisy with activity.; "This office is buzzing with activity"
~ crawlbe full of.; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
v. (motion)4. pour, pullulate, stream, swarm, teemmove in large numbers.; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
~ crowd together, crowdto gather together in large numbers.; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"
~ spill out, spill over, pour outbe disgorged.; "The crowds spilled out into the streets"