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whid

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Definition of whid

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A quick motion; a rapid, quiet movement, usually by small game.
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noun

  1. A quick motion; a rapid, quiet movement, usually by small game.
  2. (Scotland, obsolete)A lie; a falsehood.
  3. (obsolete)A word.
  4. (UK, dialectal, obsolete)A quarrel.

verb

  1. To move nimbly and with little noise, usually of small game.
  2. (Scotland, intransitive, obsolete)To tell a lie.

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Etymology

From Middle English *whid, from Old English hwiþa, hweoþu (“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”).

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