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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Taut edge

There was a taut edge to Niall 's voice.

I know "taut" means "excited or nervous" but wonder what "taut edge" means here.

Source : http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/taut_2
  

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Edge = "A penetrating, incisive quality: "His simplicity sets off the satire, and gives it a finer edge" (William Hazlitt). "

— Mister Micawber

  • Edge = "A penetrating, incisive quality: "His simplicity sets off the satire, and gives it a finer edge" (William Hazlitt).
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Edge =

  1. "A penetrating, incisive quality: "His simplicity
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