different between whicker vs wicker

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?k?/
• (General American) enPR: (h)w?k??r, IPA^(key): /?(h)w?k?/
• Rhymes: -?k?(?)
• Homophone: wicker (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
• Hyphenation: whick?er

Noun

whicker (plural whickers)

1. The soft neigh made by a horse.

Verb

whicker (third-person singular simple present whickers, present participle whickering, simple past and past participle whickered)

1. Of a horse, to neigh softly, to make a breathy whinny.

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English

Etymology

From Middle English wiker, cognate with Swedish vikker (“willow”), Old Norse veikr (“weak”), English weak.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?k?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?k?(r)
• (General American) enPR: w?k??r, IPA^(key): /?w?k?/
• Homophone: whicker (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
• Homophone: Wicca (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

wicker (countable and uncountable, plural wickers)

1. A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture
2. Wickerwork.

Derived terms

• wickerwork
• rewicker
• wicker man

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See also

• basket
• cradle
• rattan

Adjective

wicker (not comparable)

1. Made of wickerwork.

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Further reading

• wicker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Adjective

wicker

1. comparative degree of wikke