whid

[ hwid, hwuhd, wid, wuhd ]

verb (used without object)

, whid·ded, whid·ding.

1. to move quickly and quietly.

noun

1. a quick, noiseless movement.

Word History and Origins

Origin of whid¹

1580–90; apparently akin to Old English hwitha a breeze (cognate with Old Norse hvitha gust)

Example Sentences

Whid, whad, crash went the stones, while Leonora plied the pole with desperate energy, and I erected the patent reversible umbrellas with which we were provided to catch any breath of favourable wind.

From Project Gutenberg

Some books are lies frae end to end, And some great lies were never penn’d: Ev’n ministers, they ha’e been kenn’d, In holy rapture, A rousing whid, at times, to vend, And nail’t wi’ Scripture.

From Project Gutenberg

Some books are lies frae end to end, And some great lies were never penn'd: Ev'n ministers, they hae been kenn'd, known In holy rapture, A rousing whid at times to vend, fib And nail't wi' Scripture.

From Project Gutenberg

A True Story Some books are lies frae end to end, And some great lies were never penn'd: Ev'n ministers they hae been kenn'd, In holy rapture, A rousing whid at times to vend, And nail't wi' Scripture.

From Project Gutenberg