bevy
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈbɛvi/
- The park was filled with a bevy of children playing games on a sunny afternoon.
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- I miss him with a bevy of blonde beauties balanced on his ball sack in Vegas dressed as a Nazi.
Examples
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Making his way through a bevy of people, he tried to put together names with faces.
Fiction book (1995) -
With every book launch comes another bevy of feature writers asking the same questions.
Blog text (21) -
But in the bevy of activity, will it be noticed?
Fiction book (1997) -
A bevy of dockworkers moved in quickly and made her fast in record time.
Fiction book (1991) -
Gretchen and a small bevy of witches are sitting around this screen in a semi-circle.
Fiction book (1999) -
Hosted by comedian Tony Rock, Apollo Live promises to entertain with a bevy of special guest appearances and performances.
Blog text (16) -
The horseshoe crab's hard shell is home to a bevy of invertebrates.
Academic text (2002) -
It was a busy week on the eastern seaboard as a bevy of beauties from each of our forty-eight states converged on Atlantic City for the annual Miss America pageant...
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A bevy of excited fans gathered outside the stadium, eagerly awaiting the concert.
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We were greeted by a bevy of colorful birds as we entered the tropical garden.
Synonyms
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1.0
Many people or things are close together in one place
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1.4
A group of people who are often friends
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1.0
A large group of the same kind of animals that stay or move together
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3.4
A large moving group of people or animals that seems hard to control and overwhelming
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5.6
A noisy group of geese on land or water and sometimes a noisy group of people
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Etymology
Bevy comes from an old French word that meant 'a gathering' or 'company'. So a bevy is simply a group of birds, people, or things gathered together.