GreybackWordNet Explorer
Explore synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms, hyponyms, and semantic relationships for “greyback” powered by Princeton WordNet.
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
a genus of Scolopacidae
a dowitcher with a grey back
shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
`Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech