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woodcock

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwʊd.kɒk/
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1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from Old English.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

name

Meaning 2

A borough and neighbouring township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A simpleton.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird

Narrower terms: Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola, American woodcock, woodcock snipe, Philohela minor

History

Etymology

From Old English wuducoc (“woodcock”), a nickname for a stupid or gullible person.

From Middle English wodecocke, wode-koc, wodekok, from Old English wudecocc, wuducoc, equivalent to wood + cock.

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shapkë — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Armenian: կտցար (ktcʻar) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Old Armenian: կտցար (ktcʻar) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Azerbaijani: çilingdimdik — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Breton: kefeleg — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Bulgarian: горски бекас (gorski bekas) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Catalan: becada — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鷸 /鹬 (yù) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Chuvash: кӑрӑпчак (kărăpčak) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • East Circassian: щӏупхъхэр (śʼupꭓxɛr) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Cornish: kevelek — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Corsican: biccazza — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Czech: sluka — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Old Czech: sluka — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Danish: skovsneppe — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Dutch: houtsnip — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Dutch: snip — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Esperanto: skolopo — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Estonian: kurvits — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Finnish: lehtokurppa — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Finnish: kurppa — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • French: bécasse — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Friulian: gjalinace — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Galician: arcea — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Georgian: ტყისქათამი (ṭq̇iskatami) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • German: Waldschnepfe — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Greek: μπεκάτσα (bekátsa) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Ancient Greek: σκολόπαξ (skolópax) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Ancient Greek: ἀσκαλώπας (askalṓpas) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Hebrew: חַרְטוֹמָן (khartomán) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Hungarian: erdei szalonka — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Ido: bekaso — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Irish: creabhar — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Italian: beccaccia — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Italian: acceggia — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Japanese: ヤマシギ (yamashigi) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Japanese: 山鷸 (yamashigi) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Central Kurdish: مرەباخی (mirebaxî) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Latin: attagēna — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Latin: scolopax — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Latvian: sloka — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Lithuanian: slanka — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Low German: Boomsnip — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Macedonian: шлу́ка (šlúka) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Manx: ushag rhennee — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Norman: bécache — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rugde — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rugde — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Occitan: becada — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Occitan: becassa — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Old English: wuducoc — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Polish: słonka — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Portuguese: galinhola — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Romanian: becață — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Romanian: becațină — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Romanian: sitar — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Russian: ва́льдшнеп (válʹdšnɛp) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Serbo-Croatian: шљу̏ка — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Serbo-Croatian: šljȕka — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Sicilian: biccaccia — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Spanish: chocha — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Spanish: chochaperdiz — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Swedish: morkulla — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Tamil: ஆங்கிலப்பெயர் (āṅkilappeyar) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Turkish: çulluk — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Turkish: helvacı kuşu — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Ottoman Turkish: چوللق (çulluk) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Ukrainian: слуква (slukva) — wading bird in the genus Scolopax
  • Welsh: cyffylog — wading bird in the genus Scolopax