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whittle

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) whittle (noun)
  2. 2) whittle (verb)

1whit·tle

noun \ˈhwi-təl, ˈwi-\

Definition of WHITTLE

archaic
: a large knife

Origin of WHITTLE

Middle English whittel, alteration of thwitel, from thwiten to whittle, from Old English thwītan; akin to Old Norse thveita to hew
First Known Use: 15th century

Rhymes with WHITTLE

brittle, kittle, little, skittle, spital, spittle, tittle, victual, wittol

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