gannet
English · Français · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
gannet
- /ˈɡænɪt/ UK
Rhymes with -ænɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English ganet, gante, from Old English ganot, from Proto-West Germanic *ganat, *ganatō, from Proto-Germanic *ganatuz, *ganutô (“gander”), ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *ganzô.
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch gent, Middle Low German gante, German Ganter, Ganser, all “gander, male goose”.
noun gannets
- Any of three species of large seabird in the genus Morus, of the family Sulidae. They have black and white bodies and long pointed wings, and hunt for fish by plunge diving and pursuing their prey underwater. Not but that they were kind and humane to a distressed sailor, if ever one had the good luck to get to land; and many a time, indeed, did Jack put out in his little corragh, that would breast the billows like any gannet, to lend a hand towards bringing off the crew from a wreck.
-
A voracious eater; a glutton.
Similar: glutton
verb gannets · ganneting · ganneted
- To wolf down, gobble or eat (something) voraciously. She was no longer in the company of her older sister and mother who had often scolded her for ganneting down her food.
Translations
Every language
noun sea bird
| Español | alcatraz |
|---|---|
| Português | alcatraz |
| Français | fou |
| Deutsch | Basstölpel, Tölpel |
| Italiano | sula |
| Ελληνικά | σούλα soúla |
| Română | gâscă de mare |
| Русский | о́луша óluša |
Talk about this word "gannet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gannet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gannet. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gannet "gannet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gannet.Cite this
@misc{gannet_2026,
title = {gannet},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gannet},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
