Definition of whaup in English:

whaup

noun (h)wɔːp

Scottish

A curlew.
Example sentencesExamples
- There, the strains of the hymns all but drowned the chaffinches and the cries of the whaups.
- The whaups were crying, but none came near him, though he looked hard for the bird that had spoken with him.
- It was late March, 1890, and the whaups were crying a new spring over the braes of Mauricewood, when they brought out the men from the east face.
- I must return, perhaps in the spring when whaups and laverocks call on a warm wind.
- A bird known as the whaup is, in fact, the curlew, a long-beaked bird which you can find online in pictures.

Origin

Mid 16th century: imitative of the bird's cry.

Rhymes

dorp, gawp, scaup, scorp, Thorpe, warp, yawp

单词	whaup
释义	Definition of whaup in English: whaup noun (h)wɔːp Scottish A curlew. Example sentencesExamples There, the strains of the hymns all but drowned the chaffinches and the cries of the whaups. The whaups were crying, but none came near him, though he looked hard for the bird that had spoken with him. It was late March, 1890, and the whaups were crying a new spring over the braes of Mauricewood, when they brought out the men from the east face. I must return, perhaps in the spring when whaups and laverocks call on a warm wind. A bird known as the whaup is, in fact, the curlew, a long-beaked bird which you can find online in pictures. Origin Mid 16th century: imitative of the bird's cry. Rhymes dorp, gawp, scaup, scorp, Thorpe, warp, yawp
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