Synonyms of the word

grayback

• n. Alternative spelling of greyback.

dowitcher

• n. Any of three long-legged and long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limnodromus of the family…

greyback

• n. (historical, US, colloquial) A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
• n. (dated) A louse.
• n. A local name for various grey birds.

knot

• n. A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without…
• n. (of hair, etc) A tangled clump.
• n. A maze-like pattern.
• n. (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction…
• n. A difficult situation.
• n. The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
• n. Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
• n. A protuberant joint in a plant.
• n. Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
• n. The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
• n. (engineering) A node.
• n. A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.
• n. A group of people or things.
• n. A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
• n. (nautical) A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour. (From the practice of counting the number…
• n. (slang) A nautical mile (incorrectly).
• v. To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
• v. To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
• v. To unite closely; to knit together.
• v. (obsolete, rare) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.
• n. One of a variety of shore birds; the red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).

sandpiper

• n. Any of various small wading birds of the family Scolopacidae.