whittle
whittle is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
- noun. Same as Whittle shawl, below.
- noun. A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife.
- transitive verb. To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife.
- transitive verb. To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate.
- intransitive verb. To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife.
- noun. English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
- verb. cut small bits or pare shavings from
"whittle a piece of wood"
Synonyms
Common word forms
whittled, whittler, whittles, whittling
Words from these letters
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