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whicker

/ˈwɪkə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
whick-er
IPA
/ˈwɪkə/
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The soft neigh made by a horse.

verb

Of a horse, to neigh softly, to make a breathy whinny.

name

A surname.

Inflected Forms

whickers (plural) whickers (present, singular) whickering (participle, present) whickered (participle, past) whickered (past)

Synonyms

neigh nicker whinny

Homonyms

wicker (wine–whine merger) Wicca (wine–whine merger, non-rhotic) wicca

Rhymes With

liquor quicker sticker thicker kicker vicar flickr flicker ticker wicker picker sicker

Questions

How do you pronounce whicker?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɪkə/.
What does whicker mean?
The soft neigh made by a horse.

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