whid

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noun

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

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scutscud
OriginMiddle English *whid ← Old English hwiþa ← Old Norse hviða →
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Meanings

whid1

nounwhid (plural whids)

plural whids

  1. A quick motion; a rapid, quiet movement, usually by small game.
verbwhid (third-person singular simple present whids, present participle whidding, simple past and past participle whidded)

present singular third person whids · participle present whidding · participle past whidded · past whidded

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

    Synonyms: scut, scud

whid2

nounwhid (plural whids)

plural whids

  1. ScotlandobsoleteA lie; a falsehood.
  2. obsoleteA word.
  3. UKdialectalobsoleteA quarrel.
verbwhid (third-person singular simple present whids, present participle whidding, simple past and past participle whidded)

present singular third person whids · participle present whidding · participle past whidded · past whidded

  1. ScotlandintransitiveobsoleteTo tell a lie.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
scutscud

Origin

whid · noun, verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kwei-“to hiss, whistle, whisper”
  2. Proto-Germanic*hwi-“to rush”
  3. Proto-Germanic*hwiþō“rush of wind”
  4. Old Norsehviða“gust of wind”
  5. Old Englishhwiþa
  6. Middle English*whid
  7. Englishwhid

From Middle English *whid, from Old English hwiþa, hweoþu (“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”).

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whid · noun, verb

  1. Old Englishcwide“word, speech”
  2. Englishwhid

Perhaps from Old English cwide (“word, speech”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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