单词 | whutter |
释义 | whuttern. The sound of the flapping of the wings of a large bird or a flight of birds. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > flapping sound flap1816 whutter1831 slip-slap1890 whickering1899 whicker1920 1831 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 4 A sound like the whutter of wild-fowl on the feed along a mud-bank. Derivatives ˈwhutter v. ˈwhuttering adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > flapping sound whuttering1870 whickering1899 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Aug. 10 The startling of the wary cock, whose whuttering pinions will summon out of reach pack after pack of birds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1831 |
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