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groan

2 noun
     
Related topics: Colours and Sounds
groan2 [countable]
1 a long deep sound that you make when you are in pain or do not want to do something [= moan]:
Casey let out a groan of protest.
2 literaryC a long low deep sound:
The door opened with a groan.
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