Definitions for Whittle

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Whittle whit·tle

Spelling: [hwit-l, wit-l]

IPA: /ˈʰwɪt l, ˈwɪt l/

Whittle is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in Whittle (ehilttw).

Definitions for Whittle

noun

1. British Dialect. a knife, especially a large one, as a carving knife or a butcher knife.
2. Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.

verb (used with object)

1. to cut, trim, or shape (a stick, piece of wood, etc.) by carving off bits with a knife.
2. to form by whittling:
3. to cut off (a bit).
4. to reduce the amount of, as if by whittling; pare down; take away by degrees (usually followed by down, away, etc.):

verb (used without object)

1. to whittle wood or the like with a knife, as in shaping something or as a mere aimless diversion:
2. to tire oneself or another by worrying or fussing.

Origin of Whittle

1375-1425; late Middle English (noun), dialectal variant of thwitel knife, Old English thwīt(an) to cut + -el -le

Examples for Whittle

Since then, I sit and whittle splints for my admirable wife.

Netting is taught, and the soldiers are encouraged to whittle.

In spite of his new entrepreneurial vision, whittle maintains his good feelings towards the Pacha owners.

How did you whittle all that material into the final shape of the film?

"Here's my knife; let's whittle some shavings," offered Jack.

"Yes; I get a lot of help from you while there's a stick to whittle," replied the smith.

Having got his wife out of the way, Lou sat down on the step and began to whittle.

He taught her to whittle, and how to bear it when she “bleeded.”

P'raps as a sailor lad yuh could whittle out a pair to answer.

Neither Cipriani nor whittle responded to requests for comment.