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- noun Plural form of
waterbug .
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Examples
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According to Woodward, Jones clashed with members of Obama's inner circle - whom he derisively nicknamed "waterbugs" - and complained about limited access to the president.
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The wheel rolled to a stop, and bubbles of oxygen slid off of it to skitter upon the surface of his stagnant blood like waterbugs attending to some dizzy business.
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Full-on athletic power meets the delicacy of waterbugs.
Companhia de Danca Deborah Colker comes to Kennedy Center 2010
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When he drank from a spring, only waterbugs looked back at him, and whose body was that that itched, whose hand that did the scratching?
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In CA where I come from, they are called “waterbugs”- but this one sure looks like a humongous roach.
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The “Jap swimmers were as thick as waterbugs,” recorded Halsey in his memoir.
Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006
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The “Jap swimmers were as thick as waterbugs,” recorded Halsey in his memoir.
Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006
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Every morning, Maud practices her jujitsu on waterbugs that have a mean height of six feet.
Mergers, Revelations and Glorious Kooks : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2004
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I have been sitting on the tiny footbridge watching waterbugs skating on the still small pool, thinking about Henry.
The Time Traveler's Wife Niffenegger, Audrey 2003
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Roland shot him a sharp glance, but Cuthbert was looking down at the harbor, where the small fishing boats skittered to and fro like waterbugs.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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