covey
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9.3
- noun
- /ˈkʌvi/
:
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- Mr. Bennet will be vastly happy to oblige you and will save all the best of the coveys for you.
- a covey of quail
Examples
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He walks toward the Plaza in a dispirited shuffle, crossing one corner, then another, until finally he's lost behind a covey of bicycle-riding children in the distance.
Fiction book (1996) -
We spotted a covey of friends enjoying an afternoon picnic in the park.
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This man turned out to be a deadeye shot, which people aren't supposed to be, and he killed a whole covey of police before they finished him.
Fiction book (1990) -
Under my leadership, a covey of squadrons covered the retreat, and yet the Brechai swarmed forth.
Fiction book (2000) -
Will you only think well of Amy, Ophelia, me, or whoever if we just let you (and the rest of the covey of the confused) vomit your misconceptions everywhere without challenging them?
Blog text (29) -
A covey of Chinese men in quilted cotton pajama suits shuffled by, chattering to one another in singsong cadence.
Fiction book (1992) -
A small covey of quail flew out of the brush and startled us.
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The covey of children laughed and played games in the backyard.
Synonyms
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1.4
A group of people who are often friends
318
3.3
A group of people with shared interests
210
3.1
A group of similar things or people close together
47
1.4
An act of collecting people or things into one place
13
7.5
A large group of animals, birds or people gathered together
10
2.7
People or things that form one unit
7
3.4
A group of people, animals, or things gathered together
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word covey began as the name for a bird 'brood' from French couvée, and by the image of many small, close birds it came to mean any small cluster. So a covey of reporters or students is a small group gathered together.