whig

• enPR: hwĭg, IPA^(key): /ʍɪɡ/

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Rhymes: -ɪɡ

• Homophones: Whig, wig (in dialects with the wine-whine merger)

Probably related to whey.

whig (plural whigs)

1. (Britain, dialectal, obsolete) Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
2. buttermilk

Compare frig, jig

whig (third-person singular simple present whigs, present participle whigging, simple past and past participle whigged)

1. (transitive) Urge forward; drive briskly.
2. (intransitive) Jog along; move or work briskly.
3. (transitive) Weird out or disturb someone.

Borrowed from English whig.

• IPA^(key): /wiɡ/

whig m (plural whigs)

1. Whig

• “whig” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from English whig.

whig (invariable)

1. Whig (attributive)

whig m (invariable)

1. Whig