English Explanatory Dictionary

whid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A quick motion; a rapid, quiet movement, usually by small game.
verb
  1. To move nimbly and with little noise, usually of small game.
noun
  1. A lie; a falsehood.
  2. A word.
  3. A quarrel.
verb
  1. To tell a lie.

Word forms

whid whids whidding whidded

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”).

Synonyms

scut scud
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