wile
pronunciation
How to pronounce wile in British English:
UK [waɪl]
How to pronounce wile in American English:
US [waɪl]
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- Noun:
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Word Origin
- wile (n.)
- late Old English, wil "stratagem, trick, sly artifice," perhaps from Old North French *wile (Old French guile), or directly from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse vel "trick, craft, fraud," vela "defraud"). Perhaps ultimately related to Old English wicca "wizard" (see Wicca). Lighter sense of "amorous or playful trick" is from c. 1600.
- wile (v.)
- late 14c., "to deceive," from wile (n.). Related: Wiled; wiling. Sense of "cause (time, etc.) to pass pleasantly, divert attention pleasantly" is by 1796, from confusion with while (v.).
Example
- 1. The unicorn and I would wile away the hours .
- 2. Steal this shit wile ur sitting at home .
- 3. Well , who 's the killer , wile e.coyote ?
- 4. Wile away a sunday afternoon .
- 5. My friend inside and I , we wile away the hours .