Midge
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɪd͡ʒ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Midge is a noun meaning (Scotland, Northern England, now chiefly school slang) A small, short or insignificant person.
Meaning
(Scotland, Northern England, now chiefly school slang) A small, short or insignificant person.
More Meanings
- (fishing) Any bait or lure designed to resemble a midge.
- Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.
Example Sentences
"I am being eaten alive!" cried Pippin. "Midgewater! There are more midges than water!"
Devils Lake is where I began my career as a limnologist in 1964, studying the lake’s neotenic salamanders and chironomids, or midge flies. […] The Devils Lake Basin is an endorheic, or closed, basin covering about 9,800 square kilometers in northeastern North Dakota.
Word Forms
- midges
- midgie
- midgy
- midgey
Related Words
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