whittle

About 0.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife.
2. verb To cut or shape wood with a knife.
3. verb To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).
4. verb To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.
5. noun A covering for a bed; sheet.
6. noun A coarse greyish double blanket worn over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
7. noun A kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.
8. noun A baby's flannel; a baby's woollen napkin; a flannel petticoat.

Similar words

pare fix thwittle clasp-knife clasp knife penknife pocketknife clicking knife gravity knife pocket knife

Often followed by

down away and the it a communications was et

Word family

whittled whittler whittlers whittles whittling