Gnat

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æt

Origin

From Old English gnætt ("gnat, midge, mosquito"), earlier gneat, used of various small, flying insects, from Proto-Germanic *gnattaz (cf. Low German gnatte, German Gnitze); perhaps literally "biting insect" and related to gnaw.

Full definition of gnat

Noun

1. Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.

Anagrams

• Tang, tang