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Whittling

verb
Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbTo cut or shape wood with a knife.
2.verbTo reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).
3.verbTo make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.
4.noun(usually in the plural) A chip or shaving whittled from some larger substance.
5.nounThe art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife
6.nounA process of repeatedly shaving slivers from a piece of wood (non-artistic)

Synonyms

parewhisketcuttingwhetwhiskerwhettingwoodchipperturningsmootherwhisktin whiskerslick

Rhymes With

belittlingwhitling
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