woodchuck

wood·chuck

noun \-ˌchək\

Definition of WOODCHUCK

: a grizzled thickset marmot (Marmota monax) chiefly of Alaska, Canada, and the northeastern United States —called also groundhog

Origin of WOODCHUCK

by folk etymology from a word of Algonquian origin; akin to Narragansett ockqutchaun woodchuck

First Known Use: 1674

Rhymes with WOODCHUCK

amok, awestruck, blackbuck, black duck, bushbuck, cold duck, dead duck, dumbstruck, dump truck, fire truck, fish duck, fly-struck, hand truck, Kalmuck, lame-duck, moonstruck, mukluk, muktuk, potluck, reedbuck, roebuck, sawbuck, shelduck, stagestruck, starstruck, sunstruck, unstuck, upchuck