Meanings
noundabchick (plural dabchicks)
plural dabchicks
- A small grebe, little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis).
Once there was a moment where the sun beat through the fog, and they discovered they were surrounded on all sides by dabchicks whinnying and diving.
2016, Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent, Serpentʼs Tail (2017), page 396
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From dab (“dive, dip, dabble”) + chick.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κίγκλος
- κίγκλος (kínklos)type of bird
Bulgarian малък гмурец
- малък гмурец (malăk gmurec)type of bird
Catalan cabusset
- cabussettype of bird
Finnish pikku-uikku
- pikku-uikkutype of bird
French grèbe castagneux
- grèbe castagneuxtype of bird
German Zwergtaucher
- Zwergtauchertype of bird
Irish lapairín locha, spágaire tonn
- lapairín lochatype of bird
- spágaire tonntype of bird
Italian tuffetto
- tuffettotype of bird
Māori taihoropī, weweia
- taihoropītype of bird
- weweiatype of bird
- taratimohotype of bird
- tokitokitype of bird
- tokitokipiatype of bird
- tokitokipiotype of bird
- totokipiatype of bird
- totokipiotype of bird
- tongitongipiatype of bird
- totoipiotype of bird
- whirowhirotype of bird
Polish perkozek, perkozek zwyczajny
- perkozektype of bird
- perkozek zwyczajnytype of bird
Russian ма́лая пога́нка
- ма́лая пога́нка (málaja pogánka)type of bird
Spanish zampullín chico
- zampullín chicotype of bird
Cite this entry
APA
dabchick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dabchick
MLA
“dabchick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dabchick. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dabchick,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dabchick.
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