Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 15 compound words that contain gnat. The most common are listed below. Open gnat in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- fungus gnatAny small short-lived gnat of various families in the order Diptera, feeding on fungi or decaying plant matter; mostly found in the family Mycetophilidae.
- gall gnatA gall midge.
- gnat bugAny insect in the family Enicocephalidae.
- gnat bugsplural of gnat bug: Any insect in the family Enicocephalidae.
- Clear Lake gnatChaoborus astictopus, a kind of phantom midge.
- gnat-strainingFuss or importance placed on trivial things, to the exclusion of more significant matters.
- gnat-strainTo fuss or give undue importance to trivial things, often to the exclusion of truly significant issues.
- box the gnatTo perform a dance movement in which the two dancers step forward, join hands, then raise hands. The lady takes a step forward and does a left-face U turn back under the raised joined hands, while the man walks forward and around the lady …
- strain at a gnatto make a mountain out of a molehill
- strained at a gnatsimple past and past participle of strain at a gnat
- straining at a gnatpresent participle and gerund of strain at a gnat
- strains at a gnatthird-person singular simple present indicative of strain at a gnat: to make a mountain out of a molehill
- gnat-strainerA fusspot.
- gnat-strainersplural of gnat-strainer: A fusspot.
Compound words 15
- gnatcatcherA member of any of various species of small passerine birds in the family Polioptilidae found in North America and South America, close relatives of the wrens.
- gnatlingA tiny gnat.
- gnatlessWithout gnats.
- gnatlikeResembling or characteristic of a gnat; tiny, insignificant.
- gnatproofResistant to gnats.
- gnattyContaining gnats.
- gnatwrenAny of several birds of various genera in the family Polioptilidae which are browner and more thickset, and have proportionally shorter tails and longer bills, than their relatives the soft blue-grey gnatcatchers.
- gnatwormThe aquatic larva of a gnat.
- assignatA banknote used during the French Revolution, on the security of state land.
- gnateaterAny of the South and Central American passerine birds in the family Conopophagidae.