rähinä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- affray verb (archaic) To startle someone out of calm; to alarm them.
- fracas noun A loud, chaotic argument, fight, or disturbance.
- fray verb To wear away at the edges through rubbing, so that threads separate.
- rale noun (medicine) A crackling or rattling noise from the lungs, heard through a stethoscope, caused by fluid in the airways.
- rant verb To speak or complain loudly and at length, often in anger.
- rasp noun A coarse metal file with rough, pointed teeth, used to shape or smooth wood or other materials.
- riot noun A violent public disturbance caused by a crowd.
- row noun A straight line of people or things placed next to each other.
- ruction noun A loud argument or fight.
- rumble noun A deep, continuous, low sound, like distant thunder.
- susurrus noun A soft rustling or whispering noise.
- wrangle verb To argue or quarrel at length, often noisily.
Senses
rähinä is used for these senses in English:
- affray A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
- fracas A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
- fray (countable) A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.
- rale (medicine, now, chiefly, in plural) An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.
- rant A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
- rasp The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
- rhonchus (medicine) A dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes.
- riot Wanton or unrestrained behavior or emotion.
affray — full definition
- verb (archaic) To startle someone out of calm; to alarm them.
- verb (archaic) To frighten someone, or scare them off.
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