whid
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English *whid, from Old English hwiþa, hwiþu (“air, breeze”) or from Old Norse hviða (“gust of wind”), both from Proto-Germanic *hwiþō (“rush of wind”), from Proto-Germanic *hwi- (“to rush”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwei- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Scots quhid (“a squall, blast of wind”).
Noun[edit]
whid (plural whids)
Verb[edit]
whid (third-person singular simple present whids, present participle whidding, simple past and past participle whidded)
- To move nimbly and with little noise, usually of small game.
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Perhaps from Old English cwide (“word, speech”).
Noun[edit]
whid (plural whids)
Verb[edit]
whid (third-person singular simple present whids, present participle whidding, simple past and past participle whidded)
- (obsolete, Scotland, intransitive) To tell a lie.
References[edit]
- (lie, falsehood; word): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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