Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See whaup.
Wiktionary
- n. UK, Scotland, dialect The European curlew; called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock whaup.
- n. UK, Scotland, dialect The whimbrel; called also May whaup, little whaup, and tang whaup.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Prov. Eng. & Scot., Prov. Eng. & Scot. The European curlew; -- called also
awp ,whaup ,great whaup , andstock whaup . - n. Prov. Eng. & Scot. The whimbrel; -- called also
May whaup ,little whaup , andtang whaup .
Etymologies
- So called from one of its notes. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“‘Ow, man! ye should hae hadden eassel to Kippletringan; ye maun gae back as far as the whaap, and baud the whaap till ye come to Ballenloan, and then — ‘This will never do, good dame! my horse is almost quite knocked up; can you not give me a night’s lodgings?’”
“Ow, man! ye should hae hadden eassel to Kippletringan; ye maun gae back as far as the whaap, and baud the whaap till ye come to Ballenloan, and then --”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘whaap’.
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Bird Wirds: Sundry Nicknames
A list of birders' "shorthand" names, traditional nicknames, non-English names, and obsolete names for feathered creatures worldwide.
Interesting blog entry here on naming U.S. birds.welsh ambassador, goatsucker, french magpie, timberdoodle, butterbutt, popinjay, logcock, old cranky, long john, sprog, butterbum, wedgie and 697 more...
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Quenelles of Random Palavery
More randomly-garnered terms from the world of words that don't quite yet fit into my other lists.
Goddidit, barcelona, filigrain, good-natured, ill-natured, half-bit, endosome, underplaying, parotid, denormalization, sleightgeist, wheezing and 2334 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for whaap.
reesetee Nickname for European curlew or whimbrel. Apr 28, 2011