How to pronounce “whittling”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• present participle and gerund of whittle
• [Noun]
• (usually in the plural) A chip or shaving whittled from some larger substance.
• The art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife.
• A process of repeatedly shaving slivers from a piece of wood (non-artistic).
• (figurative, by extension) The reducing of something by degrees, especially at the expense of some effort.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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