She stuck to his back like a limpet.
Source: tatoeba (10943771)
Limpet
//ˈlɪm.pɪt//
Synonyms for "limpet" (56 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (28)
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2 entriesderived
6 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λεπάς noun (a small mollusc)
Basque
1 entries- lapa noun (a small mollusc)
Breton
1 entries- brennigenn noun (a small mollusc)
Catalan
2 entries- pagellida noun (a small mollusc)
- paparra noun (someone dependant)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 帽貝 /帽贝 noun (a small mollusc)
- 笠螺 noun (a small mollusc)
- 笠貝 /笠贝 noun (a small mollusc)
Cornish
2 entries- brenigen noun (a small mollusc)
- brennik noun (a small mollusc)
Czech
1 entries- přílipka noun (a small mollusc)
Danish
1 entries- albueskæl noun (a small mollusc)
Dutch
1 entries- napslak noun (a small mollusc)
Finnish
2 entries- iiliäinen noun (someone dependant)
- maljakotilo noun (a small mollusc)
French
3 entries- bernique noun (a small mollusc)
- lampotte noun (a small mollusc)
- patelle noun (a small mollusc)
Galician
3 entries- lapa noun (a small mollusc)
- lapa noun (someone dependant)
- patela noun (a small mollusc)
German
3 entries- Anhang noun (someone dependant)
- Anhängsel noun (someone dependant)
- Napfschnecke noun (a small mollusc)
Greek
1 entries- πεταλίδα noun (a small mollusc)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻopihi noun (a small mollusc)
Hungarian
4 entries- bogáncs noun (someone dependant)
- csészecsiga noun (a small mollusc)
- függelék noun (someone dependant)
- kullancs noun (someone dependant)
Irish
1 entries- bairneach noun (a small mollusc)
Italian
1 entries- patella noun (a small mollusc)
Korean
1 entries- 삿갓조개 noun (a small mollusc)
Latin
2 entries- lepas noun (a small mollusc)
- mītulus noun (a small mollusc)
Macedonian
1 entries- прилепец noun (a small mollusc)
Māori
3 entries- kākihi noun (a small mollusc)
- ngākihi noun (a small mollusc)
- piritoka noun (a small mollusc)
Norman
2 entries- baîni noun (a small mollusc)
- fllie noun (a small mollusc)
Polish
2 entries- sierota noun (someone dependant)
- skałoczep noun (a small mollusc)
Portuguese
1 entries- lapa noun (a small mollusc)
Russian
2 entries- блю́дечко noun (a small mollusc)
- морско́е блю́дечко noun (a small mollusc)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- bàirneach noun (a small mollusc)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- priljepak noun (a small mollusc)
- priljepak noun (someone dependant)
Spanish
1 entries- lapa noun (a small mollusc)
Swedish
1 entries- skålsnäcka noun (a small mollusc)
Vietnamese
1 entries- con sao sao noun (a small mollusc)
Welsh
4 entries- brennig noun (a small mollusc)
- cogwrn noun (a small mollusc)
- cragen maharen noun (a small mollusc)
- llygad maharen noun (a small mollusc)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
He stuck to me like a limpet all day!
Source: wiktionary
Mother visited the little cottage over the hill, and found Lisette's story to be quite correct; and many times the Frenchwoman blessed the day when Margie went limpeting and Lisette lent the old knife to the golden-haired little English lady.
Source: wiktionary
Razor-fishing, sand-eeling and limpeting used to be popular activities but have declined in importance.
Source: wiktionary
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