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IPA transcription: ['ɡunz]
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Noun
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an awkward stupid person
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an aggressive and violent young criminal
Usage examples
- Coastal lagoons, river mouths, and other low-salinity estuaries are common nursery habitats.
- The coastal region is narrow and followed by tidal flats and shallow lagoons.
- He reverted to lieutenant to join The Royal Canadian Dragoons, Canadian Army.
- Enoch Steen's dragoons.
- The regiment of dragoons opposing them retreated in disorder to Edinburgh.
- It is famous for its lagoons which can only be seen during low tide.
- Much of the coastline is composed of lagoons and salt marsh.
- Many coastal lagoons punctuate the eastern shore, formed by dunes blocking further drainage.
- The fiddler crabs sold in pet stores generally come from brackish water lagoons.
- Six smaller lagoons, some freshwater and some brackish, line the coast farther south.