Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [woo d-chuhk]
- /ˈwʊdˌtʃʌk/
- /ˈwʊd.tʃʌk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [woo d-chuhk]
- /ˈwʊdˌtʃʌk/
Definitions of woodchuck word
- noun woodchuck a stocky North American burrowing rodent, Marmota monax, that hibernates in the winter. 1
- noun woodchuck A North American marmot with a heavy body and short legs. 1
- noun woodchuck animal: groundhog 1
- countable noun woodchuck A woodchuck is a type of small animal with reddish brown fur that is found in North America. 0
- noun woodchuck a North American marmot, Marmota monax, having coarse reddish-brown fur 0
- noun woodchuck any of several marmots of North America; esp., the common hibernating groundhog (Marmota monax) with coarse, red-brown fur 0
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Origin of woodchuck
First appearance:
before 1665 One of the 47% oldest English words
1665-75, Americanism; presumably a reshaping by folk etymology of a word in a Southern New England Algonquian language; compare Narragansett (E spelling) ockqutchaun woodchuck
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Woodchuck
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
woodchuck popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
woodchuck usage trend in Literature
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