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Meanings of whittle (whittling) in English
Catalan
frank whittle Spanish
frank whittle Usage of whittling in English
1
Mother was in the kitchen; Father at the front door, aimlessly whittling.
2
Two little boys sat on the fence whittling arrows one fine day.
3
Because he said so; before he wouldn't say anything, and began whittling.
4
And we whittle them down, with David doing most of the whittling.
5
He'd nearly sliced off one of his fingers whittling her a cat.
6
He holds a wooden stick, which he is whittling with a jackknife.
7
All the time you're whittling your conscience away-ifever you had any.
8
Y'all don't cut yourselves. They nodded, bent low over their whittling again.
9
Critics say that Xi has been whittling away Bo's power base ever since.
10
But Olof sits deep in thought, whittling at the handle of a spade.
11
It will take careful whittling and shaping, and that will take some time.
12
The Celebrity was seated on the beach, and he was whittling.
13
Many of them carried sharp pocket knives, and passed their time in whittling.
14
The General, still whittling his pine stick, began to stare curiously at them.
15
This means multiple management fees, insurance premiums and paperwork whittling down super balances.
16
Mr. Poynter perversely went on whittling out the hollow of his wildwood pipe.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Whittling through the time
Whittling across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common