chack-chackn.
The cry of the fieldfare and wheatear. Also as v. Cf. chack v. and chack n. 3.
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1906 Westm. Gaz. 29 Dec. 16/3 The hoarse ‘chack-chack’ of the fieldfare.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 21 Mar. 14/1 Even if you only hear his [sc. the wheatear's] sharp note ‘Chack-chack’.
1930 E. W. Hendy Wild Exmoor 236 Stonechats ‘chack-chack’ from the top of a spray.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.1906- stilettoing
- stilettolike
- stilettos
- stileway
- stiling
- stilking
- still
- still an end
- still and all
- still and anon
- still and bold
- still and loud
- still and on
- still as
- still as a mouse
- still as a mouse in a cheese
- still as a stone
- stirrup side
- stirrup-band
- stirrup-bar
- stirrup-bone
- stirrup-buckle
- stirrup-cup
- stirrup-dram
- stirrup-fashion