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- [woo d-kok]
- /ˈwʊdˌkɒk/
- /ˈwʊdkɔk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [woo d-kok]
- /ˈwʊdˌkɒk/
Definitions of woodcock word
- noun plural woodcock either of two plump, short-legged migratory game birds of variegated brown plumage, the Eurasian Scolopax rusticola and the smaller American Philohela minor. 1
- noun plural woodcock any of various pileated or ivory-billed woodpeckers. 1
- noun plural woodcock Archaic. a simpleton. 1
- noun woodcock A woodland bird of the sandpiper family, with a long bill, brown camouflaged plumage, and a distinctive display flight. 1
- noun woodcock game bird 1
- countable noun woodcock A woodcock is a small brown bird with a long beak. Woodcock are sometimes shot for sport or food. 0
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Origin of woodcock
First appearance:
before 1050 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1050; Middle English wodecok, Old English wuducoc. See wood1, cock1
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Parts of speech for Woodcock
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woodcock popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for woodcock
noun woodcock
- curlew — A curlew is a large brown bird with long legs and a long curved beak. Curlews live near water and have a very distinctive cry.
- grouse — any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae. Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
- partridge — any of several Old World gallinaceous game birds of the subfamily Perdicinae, especially Perdix perdix.
- pheasant — any of numerous large, usually long-tailed, Old World gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, widely introduced.
- plover — any of various shorebirds of the family Charadriidae. Compare dotterel (def 1), killdeer, lapwing.
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