whid

Meanings

Noun

• A quick motion; a rapid, quiet movement, usually by small game.
• A lie; a falsehood.
• A word.
• A quarrel.

Verb

• To move nimbly and with little noise, usually of small game.
• To tell a lie.

Related

Similar words

• scut
• scud

Origin

• From Middle English *whid, from Old English hwiþa, hwiþu or from Old Norse hviða ("gust of wind"), both from Proto-Germanic *hwiþō ("rush of wind"), from Proto-Germanic *hwi- ("to rush"), from Proto-Indo-European *kwei- ("to hiss, whistle, whisper"). Cognate with Scots quhid ("a squall, blast of wind").
• Perhaps from Old English cwide ("word, speech").