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  • verb Present participle of whicker.

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Examples

  • I made a sort of whickering sound, spitting out a chunk of the denim from his jeans.

    The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • I made a sort of whickering sound, spitting out a chunk of the denim from his jeans.

    The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • While the kids, behind the whickering shrub, ran for the secret passage.

    Agent Q, or The Smell Of Danger! M. T. Anderson 2010

  • The horses milled about, tossing their heads and whickering nervously.

    The Devil Wears Plaid Teresa Medeiros 2010

  • She was just dozing off when the sound of a horse whickering made her look up.

    One Night in Scotland Karen Hawkins 2010

  • While the kids, behind the whickering shrub, ran for the secret passage.

    Agent Q, or The Smell Of Danger! M. T. Anderson 2010

  • Perhaps if she had not taken the time to accustom the stallion to the scent, he would have been correct-but now whenever she brought a new shirt, Sunset drank in the scent, then looked to the direction of the house or the door of the stable expectantly, whickering as if he thought that Jason himself was about to appear.

    red dust Ryn Cricket 2010

  • I could hear the grass whickering harshly along its plated sides.

    Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008

  • When one at a time they bend again to feed, I can hear the crisp moist crunch of the surviving grass between their teeth, imagine the slow lick of a tongue over whickering lips.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Bruce Schauble 2007

  • When one at a time they bend again to feed, I can hear the crisp moist crunch of the surviving grass between their teeth, imagine the slow lick of a tongue over whickering lips.

    What Light There Is Bruce Schauble 2007

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  • "Adam laughed: a strange sound like the whickering snicker of a teazle in anger". Stella Gibbons Cold Comfort farm (and I still don't know what whickering means).

    February 15, 2013

  • See whicker where the definitions are a little more forthcoming.

    February 15, 2013