Others say it is African township slang for ‘shower’ because it ‘showers people with noise’. adverb /nml/ That is to say to be specific (used to introduce detailed information or a specific example) - to me there is only one kind of rock, namely, loud rock But I always thought it means 'mainly' from context, e.g., 'The students are rioting, namely the engineering students. Some people think it comes from the Zulu word for ‘making noise’. Synonyms and related words American definition and synonyms of namely from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Education. Get everything you and your workforce need in one intuitive place. US /nemli/ DEFINITIONS 1 1 used for introducing more detailed information about a subject that you are discussing Some groups, namely homeowners and landlords, will benefit from the new tax. By the way, the word (and noisemaker) called the ‘vuvuzela’ remains something of a mystery. Namely is designed to give you the power to personalize the platform to meet your needs now and as you grow. Which is pretty much what the Republicans were doing to Joe Biden. Then the word came to mean the imitation of this sound with the voice. And why the name? Well, the Oxford tells me that the earliest of these squeaking, squawking devices made a sound rather like the nocturnal wail of the cat. Same idea – a gadget or device to make a loud, irritating sound. (That is a rather quaint definition – referring to ‘play-houses’ rather than ‘theatres’!) Nowadays we have the vuvuzela – the noisy plastic horn blasted almost constantly at sporting events. What is namely in Hindi See pronunciation, translation, synonyms, examples, definitions of namely in shona. The Oxford says it was, ‘a squeaking instrument, or kind of whistle, used in play-houses to express impatience or disapprobation’. The meaning of namely in shona is zvinoti. The expression has been around since 1660 – originally with an unexpected (for me at least) meaning: a gadget or device for making noise. They call this a ‘revised’ definition, since the earlier meaning of the word was somewhat similar to ‘wolf whistle’ – namely, ‘a loud, sexually suggestive call or comment’. The Merriam-Webster Unabridged gives that meaning as, ‘a loud or raucous cry expressing disapproval’. Writing in the Wall Street Journal Daniel Henninger said, ‘The speech’s most publicised moment was the Republican catcalls.’ We know immediately what is meant. When US President Joe Biden addressed Congress and gave his ‘State of the Union’ address he was (at times) greeted by ‘catcalls’.
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