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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
A quick motion; a rapid, quiet movement, usually by small game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A lie; a falsehood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, obsolete
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noun
A word.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
A quarrel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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verb
To move nimbly and with little noise, usually of small game.
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verb
To tell a lie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, intransitive, obsolete
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History
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”).
Perhaps from Old English cwide (“word, speech”).
