woodcock
/ˈwʊd.kɒk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.
noun
A simpleton.
name
A borough and neighbouring township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- ""[A]h, that was the woodcock and the goatsucker - yes, yes! it sounds strange to him, that hasn't heard him[.]""
- "The woodcook is not only a culinary delight but it is reputed to increase seminal fluid."
- "If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you / Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!""
- ""Now will that silly woodcock make such a report of what I have said to his chosen friend," observed Sir Robert to his companion when my Lord Cobham was out of hearing[…]"
Etymology
From Middle English wodecocke, wode-koc, wodekok, from Old English wudecocc, wuducoc, equivalent to wood + cock.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: wodecocke, wudecocc, wuducoc
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.
Inflected Forms
Phrases
Amami woodcock
American woodcock
Bukidnon woodcock
Eurasian woodcock
Javan woodcock
Moluccan woodcock
New Guinea woodcock
Scotch woodcock
Frequently Paired Words
roding
the patrolling flight pattern of the woodcock