Definição de 'gadfly'
Formas da palavra:plural gadflies
substantivo contável
If you refer to someone as a gadfly, you believe that they deliberately annoy or challenge other people, especially people in authority.
It still remains to be seen whether Buchanan will be just a gadfly or a real threat
to the president.
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substantivoFormas da palavra:plural ˈgadˌflies
1.
any of several large flies, as the horsefly, that bite livestock
2.
a person who annoys others, esp. by rousing them from complacency
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
substantivoFormas da palavra:plural -flies
1.
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