GRAYBACK Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word grayback. (close relations)
Definition of GRAYBACK
Best Alternative Words for GRAYBACK
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greyback | nounn | |||||||
noun • `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms • a dowitcher with a grey back • a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere | ||||||||
knot | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a tight cluster of people or things • any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object • a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged • (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour • something twisted and tight and swollen • soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design • a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere verb • make into knots; make knots out of • tie or fasten into a knot • tangle or complicate | ||||||||
calidris canutus | nounn | |||||||
noun • a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere | ||||||||
limnodromus griseus | nounn | |||||||
noun • a dowitcher with a grey back |