wharling

W4H4A1R1L1I1N1G2
/ˈʍɔː(ɹ)lɪŋ//ˈwɔː(ɹ)lɪŋ/

noun

A guttural pronunciation of the letter r; a wharl.

Scrabble 15
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounwharling (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableA guttural pronunciation of the letter r; a wharl.

    uttering their words with much difficulty and wharling in the throat

    a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC
Cite this entry
APA

wharling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wharling

MLA

“wharling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wharling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wharling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wharling.

Source: wharling on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.