Meaning of Dazzle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A light of dazzling brilliancy.
   countable, uncountable
2. Showy brilliance that may stop a person from thinking clearly.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
3. A herd of zebra.
   collective, countable, uncommon, uncountable
4. Dazzle camouflage.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“We were trying to stalk a dazzle of zebra which flashed in and out of a long strip of green and yellow fever trees, with an ostrich, its feathers flared like a ballet skirt around its dancing legs, on their flank, when suddenly […]”

“Zebras move in herds which are known as "dazzles." When a lion approaches a dazzle of zebras during its hunt, […]”

“I reached the lodge as a dazzle of zebras trotted across the dirt road into thorny scrub by the game fence, and a lone kudu gazed up at me from the short grass near the swimming pool.”

“A group of zebras can be called a dazzle.”

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