Associations to the word «Whittle»
Wiktionary
WHITTLE, noun. A knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife.
WHITTLE, verb. (transitive or intransitive) To cut or shape wood with a knife.
WHITTLE, verb. (transitive) To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).
WHITTLE, verb. (transitive) (figurative) To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.
WHITTLE, noun. (archaic) A coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
WHITTLE, noun. (archaic) A whittle shawl; a kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.
Dictionary definition
WHITTLE, noun. English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996).
WHITTLE, verb. Cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood".
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