whicker
发音
How to pronounce whicker in British English: 英 ['wɪkə]
How to pronounce whicker in American English: 美 [ 'hwækɚ]
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- Noun:
- the characteristic sounds made by a horse
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- Verb:
- characteristic of horses
单词词源
- whicker (v.)
- 1650s, "snigger," imitative (compare snicker). As imitative of a sound made by a horse, from 1753. As the sound of something beating the air, from 1920. Related: Whickered; whickering.