whig

See also: Whig

English

Pronunciation
  • enPR: hwĭg, IPA(key): /ʍɪɡ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪɡ
  • Homophones: Whig, wig (in dialects with the wine-whine merger)

Etymology 1

Probably from Middle English wheyȝe, weyȝe, wege, variant of whey. More at whey.

Noun

whig (plural whigs)

  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
  2. buttermilk

Etymology 2

Compare frig, jig

Verb

whig (third-person singular simple present whigs, present participle whigging, simple past and past participle whigged)

  1. (transitive) Urge forward; drive briskly.
  2. (intransitive) Jog along; move or work briskly.
  3. (transitive) Weird out or disturb someone.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English whig.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wiɡ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

whig m (plural whigs)

  1. Whig

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English whig.

Adjective

whig (invariable)

  1. (relational) Whig

Noun

whig m (invariable)

  1. Whig

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Whig.

Noun

whig m (uncountable)

  1. Whig

Declension
declension of whig (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) whig whigul
genitive/dative (unui) whig whigului
vocative whigule
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