whidとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English *whid, from 古期英語 hwiþa, hwiþu (“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”).

名詞

whid (複数形 whids)

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

動詞

whid (三人称単数 現在形 whids, 現在分詞 whidding, 過去形および過去分詞形 whidded)

1. To move nimbly and with little noise, usually of small game.

同意語

• scut
• scud

語源 2

Perhaps from 古期英語 cwide (“word, speech”).

名詞

whid (複数形 whids)

1. (obsolete, Scotland) A lie; a falsehood.
2. (obsolete) A word.
3. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A quarrel.

動詞

whid (三人称単数 現在形 whids, 現在分詞 whidding, 過去形および過去分詞形 whidded)

1. (obsolete, Scotland, intransitive) To tell a lie.

参照

• (lie, falsehood; word): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary