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groaner

Variant of groan

intransitive verb

  1. to utter a deep sound expressing pain, distress, or disapproval
  2. to make a creaking or grating sound, as from great strain: a heavy gate groaning on its hinges
  3. to be weighed down or overburdened as to the point of groaning: a table groaning beneath a Christmas feast, a people that groaned under tyranny

transitive verb

to utter with a groan or groans

noun

a sound made in groaning

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