woodcock
pronunciation
How to pronounce woodcock in British English:
UK [ˈwʊdkɒk]
How to pronounce woodcock in American English:
US [ ˈwʊdkɑːk]
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- Noun:
- game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
Word Origin
- woodcock (n.)
- Old English wuducoc, from wudu (see wood (n.)) + coc (see cock (n.1)).
Example
- 1. Woodcock , would you scratch my back ?
- 2. How would you feel if woodcock was porking your mom ?
- 3. Small long-billed american woodcock ; prized as a game bird .
- 4. Many banks have become too complex to be managed properly , says glenn woodcock , a director at andromeda capital management and a former head of credit-risk infrastructure at rbs .
- 5. In a 11-page document dated sept 22 , janet woodcock md , director for the center for drug evaluation and research , explains why she decided to allow avandia to continue to be on the market .