Whittle

What do we mean by whittle?

To cut small bits or pare shavings from (a piece of wood). intransitive verb

To fashion or shape in this way. intransitive verb

To reduce or eliminate gradually. intransitive verb

To cut or shape wood with a knife. intransitive verb

Originally, a blanket; later, a coarse shaggy mantle or woolen shawl worn by West-country women in England. noun

A knife; especially, a large knife, as a butcher's knife or one carried in the girdle. noun

To cut or dress with a knife; form with a whittle or knife: as, to whittle a stick.

To pare, or reduce by paring, literally or figuratively.

To intoxicate; make tipsy or drunk.

To cut wood with a pocket-knife, either aimlessly or with the intention of forming something; use a pocket-knife in cutting wood or shaping wooden things.

To confess at the gallows.

A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl. noun

Same as Whittle shawl, below. noun

A kind of fine woolen shawl, originally and especially a white one. noun

To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife. intransitive verb

To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife. transitive verb

To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate. transitive verb

A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife. noun

A large knife. noun

A knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife.

- cut small bits or pare shavings from. Urban Dictionary

A person who can handle large amounts of intoxicants and still hold thier ground...someone who is side by side with you in the trenches while you are fighting boredom.... Urban Dictionary

Asian man who gets boners occasionally in a class full of guys Urban Dictionary

To create something that is completely school appropriate Urban Dictionary

An extremely gay person who paints their finger nails pink and is in love with Yeager Urban Dictionary

Something completely school appropriate. Urban Dictionary

Crushed, wiped out or routed... as in losing a set of tennis 6 love. Urban Dictionary

The type of girl who takes your breath completely away. She is completely perfect in any and every way and never fails to brighten up your day. She is amazing, beautiful, smart, intelligent, sexy, witty- to name a few. Urban Dictionary

A short fat rotund man who will do anything they are told, a complete bitch. Urban Dictionary

Weasling your way into a relationship by means of being a whore Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to whittle:
whittle, whistle, writtle, hittle, wittle, shittle, whirtle, whitile.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word whittle:
dene, hives, compressor, centrifugal, jet, axial, calvin, turbine, jets, rover, hooker, carmel, likelihood, mercedes, combustion, valentine, tyne, inventor, edison, raf, brook, engine, glacier, patent, dorothy, hans, footballer, newcastle, chase, soap, harvey, prototype, lancashire, farmer, convinced, pioneer, episcopal, rev, richmond, reservoir, designs, virginia, baker, norfolk, springs, von, utah, practical, wright, engineer, roger, peninsula, ltd, bishop.

Words that rhyme with whittle:
little, brittle, hospital, belittle, tittle, acquittal, skittle, committal, spittle, noncommittal, vittle, kittle, transmittal, doolittle, mental hospital, a little, kittel, foundling hospital, field hospital, little by little, military hospital, bittle, knittle, smittle, psychiatric hospital, peanut brittle, hittle, quite a little, malcolm little, knittel, pittle, too little, littell, even a little, lyttle, pytel, zittel, bit ill, bit till, bittel, cockpit hill, fit ill, it ill, it till, kit hill, kittell, quit till, rittle, sit ill, sit till, sunlit hill, tittel, writ till.

Adjectives that are often used to describe whittle:
poor, gloster, british, unhappy, young, old, long, plain, steady, grey, late, large, local, thy, scarlet, levinson, wrought, twopenny.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective whittle:
tangs.

Consonant match to whittle:
wattle, wittol, whitetail, whetile, white tail, whitile, wheat eel, wait til, wait till, way till, weight till, were tall, wet hill, what ill, wheat till, white hill, white hull.

Words that sound like whittle:
whittle, wattle, widdle, widl, wittol, watl, ytl, weddle, wedel, weddell, wedell, hittle, waddle, wittily, weedle, whittled, whittles, woodle, wintle, witful, witzel, witl, wheat eel, wintel, wortel, witily, quittal, whirtle, wortle, cuittle, thwittle, wadl, whitile, wittols, little, tittle, vittle, witting, utile, witing, pittle, littell, util, shittle, whitting, knittle, zittel, lyttle, pytel, utal, knittel, mittel, chital, tittl, waddell, wetzel, weta, wuzzle, westall, whitwell, wesil, whetzel, wittich, whetsel, whetile, wiltel, wutang, hottle, hatel, metal, settle, petal, subtle, shuttle, mettle, suttle, nettle, twiddle, tuttle, pettle, wata, metl, wattles, letal, nuttall, ruttle, setal, twattle, quiddle, wattled, wastel, wachtel, setl, watler, uita, cetyl, rettile, setule, tetel, watbol.